RAWALPINDI - Rawalpindi Excise and Taxation department impounded over 345 vehicles and motorcycles in an operation launched against token tax, custom duty defaulters and without registration vehicles in the city during last three days. Most of 345 vehicles owners had defaulted on payment of customs duty, life time token tax, token tax while others did not have proper registration documents. The special operation was launched on the directives of Secretary Excise and Taxation Punjab Khalid Masood Chaudhary while Director Excise Jam Siraj Ahmed and Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) Nazia Javed are supervising the operation.
Five teams conducted crackdown against the defaulters in different areas including Civil Lines, Rawat, Kutchery Chowk, Rawalpindi city and Cantonment areas.
As many as 654 vehicles and motorcycles were checked during the operation. The vehicles running on city roads with cancelled registration numbers are also being impounded.
The teams tasked with the checking duty will continue their work and strict action in accordance with the law would be taken against the rules violators. Unregistered vehicles are also being impounded.