KARACHI: The investigations regarding Qasim Freight Station (QFS) scam are progressing fast and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have secured the statements of the appraising staff.
It may be mentioned here that 54 containers had been cleared on forged documents causing loss of billions of rupees to the exchequer.
FIA has recorded statements of six officials including a Principal Appraiser, appraisers and examiners.
According to their statement, the IDs issued to the appraising staff by Customs are limited to assessment and examination while the scam was undertaken through in ID of inter-port movement. This inter-port movement ID is only with Deputy/Assistant collectors CIU and MIS.
It is the responsibility to inform Assistant Collector MIs or CIU about the presence of over-stayed or unclaimed consignments, so that the same could be arranged for auction. Subsequently the Assistant Collector allots the consignments in the auction list.
The Appraising staff informed FIA that they GDs filed in WeBOC were online while One Customs GD were handed over to them in hard copy as well as online on the system.
It is the responsibility of DC/AC to ascertain the reasons for the presence of unclaimed consignments. Still, these consignments are lying unclaimed at QFS terminal while the goods in the containers comprising of auto parts have disappeared.
FIA is investigating the affairs of QFS terminal and the shipping company and has sought the relevant record from the shipping company.
The consignments lying unclaimed at the terminal include containers bearing numbers: KPPI-HC 21132, KPOI-HC 25192, KPPI-HC 33589, KPPI-HC 9153, KPPI-HC 12108, KPPI-HC 21507, KPPI-HC 6138, KPPI-HC 8533, KPPI-HC 7852, KPPI-HC 7255, KPPI-HC 2169, KPQI-HC 3155, KPPI-HC 32136, KPPI-HC 32133, KPPI-HC 9757, KPPI-HC 9150, KPPI-HC 21502, KPOI-HC 7851, KPOI-HC 8980, KPPI-HC 1527, KPPI-HC 41513, KPPI-HC 41509, KPPI-HC 11533, KPPI-HC 1520, KPPI-HC 1219, KPPI-HC 28877, KPPI-HC 21130, KPPI-HC 1522, KPPI-HC 21902, KPPI-HC 33593, KPPI-HC 22602, KPPI-HC 21318, KPPI-HC 30219, KPPI-HC 42459, KPPI-HC 33753, KPPI-HC 33751, KPPI-HC 35110, KPPI-HC 35133, KPPI-HC 37253, KPPI-HC 37255, KPOI-HC 32960, KPPI-HC 33520, KPOI-HC 8981, KPPI-HC 6140, KPPI-HC 7854, KPPI-HC 41519, KPPI-HC 8537, KPPI-HC 21654, KPPI-HC 21132, KPOI-HC 25192, KPPI-HC 33589, KPPI-HC 9153, KPPI-HC 12108, KPPI-HC 21507, KPPI-HC 6138, KPPI-HC 8533, KPPI-HC 7852, KPPI-HC 7255, KPPI-HC 2169, KPQI-HC 3155, KPPI-HC 32136, KPPI-HC 32133, KPPI-HC 9757, KPPI-HC 9150, KPPI-HC 21502, KPOI-HC 7851, KPOI-HC 8980, KPPI-HC 1527, KPPI-HC 41513, KPPI-HC 41509, KPPI-HC 11533, KPPI-HC 1520, KPPI-HC 1219, KPPI-HC 21130, KPPI-HC 1522, KPPI-HC 21902, KPPI-HC 33595, KPPI-HC 22602, KPPI-HC 21318, KPPI-HC 30219, KPPI-HC 42459, KPPI-HC 33753, KPPI-HC 33751, KPPI-HC 35110, KPPI-HC 35133, KPPI-HC 37253, KPPI-HC 37255, KPOI-HC 32960, KPPI-HC 33520, KPOI-HC 8981, KPPI-HC 6140, KPPI-HC 7854, KPPI-HC 41519, KPPI-HC 8537,