ISLAMABAD: The Customs Car Cell took into possession an NDP Toyota Land Cruiser jeep from Islamabad on 8th of February 2017-18.
According to details given by Majid Hussain Gadd, Assistant Collector Car Cell, that, on a tip-off shared by Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhry, Collector Model Customs Collectorate Islamabad, the Customs Car Cell impounded the used Toyota Land Cruiser priced at Rs8million.
Assistant Collector told Customs Today that the Special Car Cell got secret information that a non-duty-paid used Toyota Land Cruiser, bearing registration No: BD-4397 Sindh having chassis No: UZJ100-0154908, is parked on a road of Islamabad.
The staff of the Special Car Cell rushed to the spot and found the vehicle parked on the road. The driver of vehicle fled the scene leaving the car abandoned.
The Car Cell team physically examined the vehicle and tallied with the record of import, Amnesty Scheme 2013 and auctioned vehicles but the vehicle existed nowhere in the data.
As per ETO MRA Islamabad, registration No: BD-4397 Sindh was allotted to another Toyota Land Cruiser having different chassis number. The vehicle was impounded as unclaimed under Section 17 of Customs Act-1969.