HYDERABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana have seized contraband items worth Rs 28.122 million collectively in July 2015 in different operation against smuggling activities.
All the three regions work under the Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad. The ASO team, following the instructions of Collector MCC Hyderabad Dr Ahmad Mujtaba Memon, foiled a number of smuggling bids in the region saving the national exchequer.
The ASO team of the three regions confiscated different items including non-duty paid vehicle, cell phones and its accessories, tyres and tubes, foreign origin cloth, electronic goods, black pepper, Iranian juice, tiles, cigarettes and gutka during the said period.
The teams impounded a vehicle, Toyota Land Cruiser bearing Registration No. BD-3773 worth Rs 1 million, 10,600 yards smuggled cloth valued at Rs 722,000, 819 set of mobile phones having value estimated to Rs 8.1 million, Indian origin gutka and foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 10.6 million.
Besides, 149 sets of tyres and tubes and others goods including black pepper, juice, tiles and cell phone accessories worth Rs 7.7 million were also clutched by ASO team in their respective regions.