FAISALABAD: The Customs Anti- Smuggling Organisation (ASO) impounded Toyota Corolla car bearing registration no ABW-281 Karachi model 1993 during routine checking worth Rs5 million.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector ASO Aneeqa Afzal received information about non duty paid vehicles which are plying on roads.
He constituted a team comprising Inspector Tanveer Raza Naqvi Inspector Asghar Mehdi Naqvi and Sepoy Atta Muhamamd, Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Ajmal Khan Ahmad Bukhsh.
The ASO team intercepted the vehicle near Toll Plaza Multan Road Jhang and asked owner of the vehicle who was identified as Abdul Ghaffar to produce legal documents regarding possession of the vehicle but he failed to produce any relevant documents. ASO team seized the vehicle and forward the case to Customs Adjudication for further action.
It is necessary to mention here that ASO authorities are taking effective measures to control smuggling.