Islamabad: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has detained 238 cartons containing approximately 2,380,000 sticks of Non-duty paid/counterfeited cigarettes of different brands namely “Tender”, “Honda”, “Market” & “Visa”.
Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue Islamabad, under the supervision of Barrister Nowsherwan Khan, Director I&I-IR, has detained 238 cartons containing approximately 2,380,000 sticks of Non-duty paid/counterfeited cigarettes of different brands namely “Tender”, “Honda”, “Market” & “Visa” in ongoing nation-wide campaign against illicit trade of Non-Duty paid & counterfeited cigarettes.
The tobacco squad of I&I-IR Islamabad, headed by Suhail Abbas Deputy Director I&I-IR Islamabad, received credible information about the stock of illegal cigarettes.
Pursuant upon said information, tobacco squad raided a godown which was situated near the area of Pandora (Rawalpindi), a dense populated residential area of Rawalpindi, and successfully detained approximately 2,380,000 sticks of non-duty paid/counterfeited cigarettes packaged in packrites of local made brands such as “Tender”, “Honda”, “Market” & “Visa” etc contained in corrugated cartons from a person namely Behram Ali s/o Rashid Ali who failed to produce any proof of payment of duty & taxes against said goods.
During the on spot checking, said goods were also found to be without tax stamps. In the absence of any legitimate proof regarding duty & taxes payment, said goods have been detained under the provisions of Federal Excise Act, 2005 r/w Rule 63 of the FE Rules, 2005 for further investigation. Further investigation is underway.
