LAHORE: The Collectorate of Customs Preventive Anti-Smuggling Organization has impounded a non-duty paid Toyota Noah van worth Rs 2.5 million.
Sources told Customs Today that Collector Customs Preventive Faiz Ahmad received information that some non-customs paid vehicles were plying in the city. After receiving the information, he constituted a team under the supervision of Deputy Collector Muhammad Moazzam Raza. The team also included Superintendent Nasir Minhas, Deputy Superintendent Mazhar Abbas, Deputy Superintendent Sajjad Bukhari and Inspector Nasir Saeed.
The team established check points on main roads of the Lahore city and started checking vehicles. During the checking the ASO team intercepted a vehicle bearing registration no: LET-1580 and asked its driver identified as Mohammad Yasin to show legal documents regarding possession of the vehicle. But the driver remained failed to produce any relevant documents. After his failure, the team impounded the vehicle after registering a case against the owner of the vehicle.