 early Times Report
Lakhanpur , Aug 24: The sleuths of Excise Department thwarted another attempt of smuggling of forest produce to outside the State. A vehicle bearing registration No.JK03B-0886 reported at Toll Post Lakhanpur for assessment of the goods and as per the documents enclosed the vehicle was shown loaded with Trade Goods through NITCO Roadways from Srinagar to Delhi.
During physical check of vehicle, wrong declaration of goods was found in one of the GRs pertaining to M/s WD Seed Agency, Jawahir Nagar, Srinagar and consigned to M/s Kamal Talwar, Azadpur Fruit Mandi, Delhi-110033. 280 kgs of forest produce (Nagshatri) was found instead of Vegetable Seeds reflected in the document. The team of forest department headed by Munish Gupta, Range Officer, Lakhanpur, assisted the team of the Excise Department that comprised Excise & Taxation Officers G.L. Sharma, Virender Singh Billoria and Shamsuduha, Inspectors Ishtyaq Ahmad and Javed Iqbal, Sub-Inspectors Balwinder Singh and Excise Guards Sohan Lal and Ashwani Kumar.Earlier, continuing with its drive to nab the evaders who use private cars/drivers for clandestine import of goods, the joint of team Excise & Commercial Taxes departments apprehended four cars carrying taxable goods that tried to evade taxes at the barrier and were fined under J&K Levy of Tolls Act, 1995/ J&K VAT Act, 2005. |
