HYDERABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO), Customs Preventive Sukkur, confiscated smuggled cigarettes, including 650 cartons of Pine cigarettes, 50 cartons of Super Slim and 50 cartons of Milano, worth Rs510000 involving duty/taxes of Rs540600 during an action in Sukkur division.
Following a tip-off received by Collector Agha Shahid Majeed Khan, the ASO team conducted a raid on Sukkur-Jacobabad to foil a smuggling bid.
Under the supervision of Additional Collector Rehmatulah Vistro, ASO team, comprising Ghulam Shabir Phulphuto, , Inspectors Abdul Wahab Sheikh, Nasrullah Jilal, Ayaz Ali Shah, Muhammad Jurial Abbasi, Agha Nazir Ahmed, Sepoys Shabbir Ahmed Thebo, Iqbal Sheikh, Hawaldar Mehram Ali and Driver Manzoor Shori, carried out a search operation and recovered the abovementioned non-duty paid cigarettes being smuggled into Pakistan from Quetta. The ASO registered separate cases of smuggling against accused and forwarded them to customs adjudication.
After a seizure report, the ASO team deposited the confiscated items into Sukkur State Warehouse.
