FAISALABAD: The Customs Adjudication Additional Collector Beelam ur Ramzan has issued Order in Original (ONO) against the owner of non duty paid items and ordered to impound the smuggled vehicle.
As per the details, Anti Smuggling Organization (ASO) team impounded a non duty Toyota mark X car bearing registration number LEF- 13-4849 near Model Bazar Jhang Road Faisalabad. That vehicle was bought into the country without payment of customs duty and taxes. The team asked the driver Muhammad Rizwan to produce legal customs-duty paid documents but he was failed to produce the same. On this the customs authorities impounded the vehicles according to customs rules and regulation.
The examination team of Faisalabad Customs along with representative of Faisalabad Dry Port Trust (FDPT) during examination observed that the condition as well good of the vehicle is smuggled one. It was suspected that high tariff good have been replaced with low tariff good.
It is necessary to mention here after impounding the vehicle neither importer nor his authorized person approached for clearance of their vehicle. Later, the case was forward to the adjudication for further legal action.
Inspector Ali Zahid, Khalid Ashraf Noor appeared before the authority, while no one appeared to defend the case from respondent’s side nor any written reply was received from the respondent.