Home »Taxation » Pakistan » Three truckloads of contraband goods seized at Warsak Road

  • News Desk
  • Apr 11th, 2017
  • Comments Off on Three truckloads of contraband goods seized at Warsak Road
Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation (Customs) has foiled a major attempt at Peshawar to smuggle health and environmental hazardous contraband goods to down country destinations. Sources said a major anti-smuggling operation resulted in recovery of ozone depleting chemicals Panparag Snuff and Gutaka (Indian Origin) which are hazardous for human consumption.

On specific information received by Shaukat Ali, Director General Intelligence and Investigation (Customs), the Regional Office Peshawar seized three suspicious ten wheeler Hino Trucks stuffed with foreign origin smuggled goods at Warsak Road, Peshawar near M-I Motorway entry point. Thorough search of the aforesaid trucks led to the recovery of foreign origin smuggled goods including CFC refrigerant (Brand Genatron 22) likely US origin (US Regulation printed on cylinders); quantity 490 cylinders (13.6-kg each); Panparag Snuff and Gutaka (Indian origin), quantity 5700-kg; cigarettes: Dunhill and Pine brands (Korean origin), 529 cartons; mobile phones (Q mobile brand), 920; mobile phones (Mobo brand), 6000; mobile phones (Nokia brand), quantity 288; welding rods, 3540-kg; padlocks 70 cartons; window/split AC (Mitsubishi and Skywood brands), 88; cycle chain, 140 cartons; gold line tear tape, 42 cartons; plastic wire, 160-kg and pencils, 29 cartons.

The CFC refrigerants are hazardous as CFC (Chloro Floro Carbon) substances which are ozone depleting chemicals are banned for import under Annex-F to the Import Policy Order (IPO), 2016. Similarly, Panparag Snuff and Gutaka (Indian origin) mentioned at S No 2 of the above table are also banned under IPO being hazardous for human consumption. Some of the packing/cartons have been found printed with expression "In transit to Afghanistan via Bandar Abbas, Iran".

The smuggled goods along with three trucks have accordingly been seized for violation of the provisions of the Customs Act, 1969 and Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1950 red with IPO, 2016. The estimated value of the seizure is Rs 102.05 million (goods Rs 93.5 million and trucks Rs 9 million). It is worth mentioning that contrabands types as mentioned in the above table are seized in such a huge quantity/value for the first time in a single anti-smuggling operation by this Directorate General in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. FIRs are being lodged and three persons have been arrested. Further investigation is in progress.



the author

Top
Close
Close