KARACHI: MCC Preventive ASO foiled a bid to re-export a consignment imported in the name of a ghost consignee, which was initially intended to Transshipment to dry port. The consignment was lying at the PICT since July.
This is among the consignment which was imported and was going to be replaced during the transit to a dry port. But, due to the strict monitoring and vigilance on TP consignments, the importers opted to re-export the consignment. Collector Preventive requested Collector Export Saifuddin Junejo and MCC Appraisement East Majid Yousafani to hold the re-export.
It was imported in the name of a random person, and even he was not aware of this import in his name. The said person appeared before MCC Preventive and voluntarily joined the investigation.
He claimed that someone misused his name and he did not import the consignment and not even he made payment for the consignment.
But, the monitoring was tight and the importers didn’t find a chance to carry on their dirty business. So they tried to re-export to Dubai, where it came from Rs270 million worth of miscellaneous goods.
MCC Preventive sources said dozens of consignments were on the port and in this regard Collector Appraisement East Majid Yousafani, Collector Appraisement West Agha Jawwad and Collector Port Qasim Surayya Ahmed Butt have been requested by Collector Preventive Tariq Huda to have a meeting on Saturday.
Additional Collector Khalid Hussain Jamali on the directives of Tariq Huda has advised terminal operators and port authorities to provide a list of containers lying at ports since months and the importers have not filed GDs or TPs.
Assistant Collector Raza Naqvi has led ASO very efficiently and goods worth over Rs1000 million which were being replaced out of TP consignments were seized this year.
Chief Collector Enforcement Zahid Khokhar is supervising the campaign against TP replacement. It is suspected that scores of containers lying at ports have already been emptied.
An official said they were arresting the culprits but they taking advantage of flaws in the legal system got free.
It is learnt that the authorities have decided to fix TP consignments with tracker and Tracker company of NLC would be given this contract.