FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) Sargodha has seized foreign origin sofa cloth in Sargodha city. The total market value of the seized cloth is Rs 531,945.
Sources told Customs Today, that Assistant Collector Muhammad Asim Awan received information regarding the smuggling of foreign origin sofa cloth. After receiving information, he constituted a raiding team comprising Bashir Ahmed, Ansir Saleemi (inspectors), Rana Muhammad Ashrif, Muhammad iqbal, Shafqat Mehmood, Muhammad Feroz and Muhammad Mansha (sepoys).
The ASO team seized the smuggled cloth in different colours under consignment No. 9341 issued by 786 Super Star Goods Forwarding Agency Lahore.
The ASO team asked the owner of the cloth Meer Alam Khan son of Sabit Khan, a resident of Sawabi, to produce documents regarding possession of sofa cloth but he failed to provide the same. After his failure, the ASO team seized sofa cloth and registered a case against its owner.