JHANG: The Customs Anti-Smuggling Organisation (ASO) impounded a Toyota Corolla bearing registration no: ABW-281 Karachi made-in-Japan worth Rs 4 million during routine checking.
Sources told Customs Today that Deputy Collector Aneeqa Afzal received information about non-duty paid vehicles which are plying on roads. He constituted a team comprising Superintendent Tanveer Raza Naqvi, Inspector Asghar Mehdi Naqvi, Munir Ahmed and Sepoy Muhammad Ajmal.
The ASO team intercepted the vehicle near Qasim Bharwana Multan Road Jhang and asked the 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 forwarded the case to Customs Adjudication for further action. It is necessary to mention here that ASO authorities are taking effective measures to control smuggling.