HYDERABAD: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) Hyderabad has confiscated smuggled items worth Rs 6.04 million involving duty/taxes amounting to Rs 5 million in September 2015.
The ASO team following the instructions of Collector Model Customs Collectorate Dr Ahmad Mujtaba Memon conducted a number of raids to thwart the smuggling bids in the region.
The ASO team impounded a non-duty paid Toyota Vigo double cabin vehicle bearing Registration No. KT-640, 222 cartons of foreign origin cigarettes, 4,080 crates of Rani juice, 165 cartons of chocolates, 4,924 kilograms of polyester fabric and used auto parts.
The ASO team comprising Deputy Superintendent Syed Saleem Shah, Senior Inspector Abdul Gaffar Sheikh, Inspector Waqar Ahmed Baig Shafi, Mohammad Jamali and others participated in the raids during September 2015.