The investigating officer (IO) submitted an interim challan in the customs court in the case of the recovery of a luxury car from Karachi which was stolen from the UK.
It was said in the challan that two accused Naveed Yamin and Muhammad Sohail have been arrested in the case. The arrested persons are accused of theft of Rs300 million on account of tax duty. The accused have violated customs laws and diplomatic immunity.
The challan further stated that the vehicle has been exported for the purpose of tax duty evasion under the guise of diplomatic exemption.
The accused are involved in a syndicate diplomatic concessions and zero duty tax imports. A citizen named Shafi bought the vehicle for Rs37.5 million, which is a portion of the original price.
The Sindh Excise and Taxation Department had registered the vehicle in the name of the then Ambassador of Bulgaria, Alexander Borisov. An in-
vestigation into the role of excise officials in registering vehicles without verifying documents is underway.
The vehicle was imported in the name of the Ambassador of Bulgaria on November 11, 2019 on the basis of an exemption certificate. The former ambassador of Bulgaria came to Pakistan in September 2019 and re-turned in September 2020.
The Bulgarian embassy had recommended that the vehicle be confiscated lest it would be misused, it was also said to de-register the vehicle as it was not in the possession of the embassy. Yameen sold the vehicle to a citizen named Shafi through a broker Naveed Balwani.
There are suspicions regarding the association of the accused Yameen with the employees of the Bulgarian embassy all are equally involved in this crime.
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