Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 29: Continuing with their efforts to check the entry of banned items into the State the sleuths of Excise Department under the guidance of T Angchok, Excise Commissioner, J&K, at Toll Post Lakhanpur foiled a major bid to smuggle ‘Polythene’, when 19900 Kg of Polythene was seized from a truck entering the State.
As per official sources, a truck bearing registration number PB06L-8485 reported at the Toll Post for clearance on August 28. As per the documents, the vehicle was carrying De-Oiled Rice Bran loaded through New Kashmir Road Lines, Shop No 9, Transport Nagar, Jalandhar City vide GR No 432 dated 26-08-2016 and consigned by M/s JR Agro Tech Pvt Ltd, Dodwan Road, Dinanagar to M/s Supreme Feed Mills, Ranjit Pura, Gomanhansan Road, Jammu.
However, on physical checking, it was found loaded with 19900 Kg of Polythene. The evaders tried to import banned polythene by importing the same in the garb of De-Oiled Rice Bran. The vehicle along with seized Polythene was handed over to the Pollution Control Board, for further action under relevant rules.
The whole operation was conducted by the Excise and Taxation Officers, Virinder Singh Billowria, Shamsu Duha and Vikas Anand, Excise Inspectors— Adarsh Sharma, Gulrez Malik, Vikas Nanda and Anil Kumar, Sub-Inspectors— Ikhlaq Ahmad, Darvinder Kumar and Brij Pal Singh and Excise Guards Davinder Singh and Ghulam Haider.
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