MCC Peshawar foils heroin smuggling bid
KARACHI: MCC Peshawar has foiled an attempt to smuggle 12kg heroin and arrested two Afghan nationals at Torkham. According to details, on specific information received from Qurban Ali Khan Collector…
Government convinced to eliminate under-invoicing, smuggling
KARACHI: The post clearance audit (PCA) has initiated recovery of revenue which was evaded through under-invoicing, which heralds a larger policy wherein government would ensure plugging of revenue leakage. Directorate…
MCC Preventive seizes 50KG gold
KARACHI: MCC Preventive has seized 50kg gold, which a female passenger coming from Dubai attempted to smuggle into the country. FBR is pursuing a campaign against currency and gold smuggling.…
MCC Islamabad makes record performance against smuggling
KARACHI: Collector MCC Islamabad Arslan Subuctageen has stepped up the campaign against movement of smuggled goods and seized goods worth millions in separate operations. Islamabad customs in an action seized…
PIA employee arrested in 27KG heroin smuggling case
KARACHI: The Investigation & Prosecution (I&P) of MCC Preventive has arrested one Malik Abdul Ghafoor for his involvement in transporting heroin through PIA aircraft. Authorities had recovered 27kg of heroin…
Owner of a non-duty paid car booked for smuggling
KARACHI: Customs I&P Peshawar has lodged an FIR against Yasir Khan s/o Khusro Pervez as he had in his possession a smuggled/non-duty paid vehicle and the chassis number was found…
DG Valuation issues revised assessable values of garments
KARACHI: Acting Director General Customs Valuation Abdul Rasheed Shaikh has revised the Valuation Ruling No.886/2016 and notified the revised values of garments. Garment Importers including M/s Javed Garments had approached…
Smuggling at lowest level in Pakistan’s History: Zahid Khokhar
Karachi: Chief Collector, Customs Enforcement, South, Muhammad Zahid Khokhar has said that smuggling has been cut down to the lowest level of the history in Pakistan, smuggling of diesel is…
Exporter, clearing agent for exporting turtles
KARACHI: Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation–FBR (Customs Enforcement) has lodged against M/s Al Hameed Enterprises and M/s SARAS International clearing agents for smuggling out black spotted turtles in the…
SHC fixes SCRA’s by NLC for hearing on Sept 26
KARACHI: A divisional bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Justice Abdul Malik Gaadi admitting nine identical Special Custom Reference Applications (SCRA) filed by…
Smuggling narcotics becomes a family business
KARACHI: Authorities have arrested seven persons of a family for attempting to smuggle contraband narcotics worth millions, who have been sent to jail custody. The family was going to perform…
Heroin smuggling; Customs to investigate affairs of senior PIA management
KARACHI: MCC Preventive Karachi is expanding the circle of investigation towards the affairs of senior PIA management in Islamabad particularly pertaining to the recovery of heroin powder from the lavatory…
Security of CPEC: Military likely to get police powers
KARACHI: The Military leadership is very much concerned about the success of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and the federal as well as provincial governments are likely to accord powers of…
Customs Adjudication presents proposals to streamline the process
KARACHI: The Collectorate of Customs Adjudication had recommended several measures in its proposals for federal budget 2016-17, which would streamline the entire adjudication process. It has been observed that in…
MCC Peshawar lodged FIR in case of smuggling of Indian DAP to Afghanistan
KARACHI: MCC Peshawar has lodged FIR against several persons including Afghan national for being involved in un-authorized export of fertilizers to Afghanistan. According to details, in pursuance of information tipped…
FBR receives list of 53 Customs officers/officials, who need to be investigated
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received a list of 52 officers/officials of Customs Anti-smuggling Organization (ASO) and Customs Intelligence & Investigation (I&I), and the military authorities have…
Joint campaign against smuggling yields significant results
KARACHI: The Directorate General of Customs Intelligence & Investigation and Customs Collectorates are conducting joint operations against smuggling since February 17, 2016, which has yielded quite encouraging results. As part…
Customs Intelligence Peshawar seizes narcotics
KARACHI: Directorate of Customs Intelligence & Investigation Peshawar has seized 6.5KG of heroin valuing Rs4.0 million that had arrived from Afghanistan. On the basis of a specific information received by…
ASO Lahore comes hard on smugglers
LAHORE: The staff of Anti Smuggling Organization of Model Custom Collectorate Preventive, Lahore has made significant progress against smuggling and seized non-duty paid goods and vehicles worth Rs28.87 million in…
MCC Quetta makes significant progress against smuggling
KARACHI: MCC Quetta has made significant progress in the campaign against smuggling and made 19 seizures recovering smuggled goods worth Rs309 million during the month of April so far. The…