LAHORE: The Customs Appellate Tribunal has ordered the Customs Investigation and Intelligence Sadiqbad to release the impounded oil tanker of M/S Al Hajj Enterprises on the payment of Rs 25,000 as fine.
As per details, the senior Intelligence officer of Field Investigation Unit (FIU) Sadiqabad was reported that some illegal elements were indulged in illegal removal of oil meant for ISAF at Afghanistan from premises of M/S Shell Pakistan Kemeri Karachi.
The staff of Intelligence during surveillance intercepted oil tanker No LSB-176 loaded with smuggled oil on September 10, 2011 and asked the drive to produce legal document regarding import of oil but he fail to produce any legal document on which the official impounded the oil tanker under Rules 560, 561 and 562 of Customs Act, 2001.
After sometime, a person named as Muhammad Tahir appeared before the seizing agency and claimed for the ownership of oil tanker where Customs Adjudication ordered to impound the tanker as it was being used for the transportation of the smuggled oil.
Later, Tahir moved the Customs Tribunal against the decision where customs authorities were directed to release the tanker after receiving Rs 25,000 fine.
