KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence Hyderabad has seized a non-duty paid Land Cruiser Cygnus V8 model 2007.

Information was received through Deputy Collector Shah Faisal Saho that smuggled vehicles would be transported from upcountry to Karachi.

Vigilance was tightened and the staff of Directorate of I&I, Regional Office, Hyderabad intercepted a vehicle carrier at Hala Naka, Hyderabad and Land Cruiser Cygnus V8 model 2007 was off loaded.

The vehicle was booked from Rawalpindi for Karachi. They presented documents of the vehicle which were purportedly issued by AICT under MCC Appraisement West, Karachi.

However, the Deputy Collector AICT confirmed that the documents were fake. This is the second incident that a smuggled vehicle has been recovered from a vehicle carrier. A week ago, the directorate recovered a tampered intercooler Mitsubishi Pajero from another vehicle carrier.