KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate of Exports has lodged an FIR against onion exporter for depriving the economy of valuable foreign exchange through submitting fake and forged Form-E.
The FIR has booked Hussain, proprietor of M/s Al-Jazib Enterprises for exporting big onions in packed plastic bags by submitting forged Form-E.
According to details, Jalal Mehmood Kazi, Examining officer of Export Intelligence branch had earlier received information, voluntarily provided by clearing Agent M/s Al-Kasib regarding export of Big onions packed in Plastic Mesh bags through fabricated export documents certainly Form ‘E’.
Consequently, scrupulous scrutiny of documents pertaining to two Goods Declaration revealed that the exporter had deliberately furnished fake Form-E through computerized system of WeBOC, hence causing a loss of foreign exchange equivalent to Rs 2.243 million to the national exchequer.
Further efforts are underway to arrest the culprit and accomplices involved in this crime.