Auctioned car detained by Customs

[joji14]

I recently purchased a 1996 Toyota Hilux Surf from Jhelum. The vehicle had been auctioned by FWO, registered in Lahore in 2008, and had complete original documentation, including:

Original smart card
Complete file
Biometric of the last (third) owner
Original number plates
Police (15) verification – Cleared
Forensic verification – Clear
All token taxes paid up to June 2025

Despite everything appearing legal, the vehicle was stopped by Islamabad Customs, who claimed it was Non-Custom Paid (NCP) and detained it in the customs warehouse.

Upon initiating legal verification, Customs wrote to FWO to verify the auction papers. Shockingly, FWO disowned the documents, stating they never issued them. As a result, my vehicle has now been declared NCP, causing me a loss of nearly PKR 3 million, which I cannot bear.

I now have serious questions:

1. Why did Lahore Excise register the vehicle without document verification?

2. How was it legally transferred to 3 owners over 17 years?

3. Why did the government collect taxes on it for all these years?

4. What is the legal value of the police clearance and forensic verification?

5. Where should I go for justice? What platform will hear my case?

6. What legal action can I take against the authorities or sellers involved?

I’m raising my voice to highlight this injustice. If everything was forged, how did the system legally support this vehicle for almost two decades?

Please share this post and guide me if you have any legal advice or contacts who can help. I’m devastated and seeking support to fight this.

[hash4u]

auction cars carry great risk in PK
fraudster bid and buy on higher price then market
on one legal document
they register similar vehicles(NCP) in different cities (excise is obviously involved in this fraud)

sorry for your loss! your vehicle will be auctioned back.but i see no reason to bid and buy it back at full price !

[saboor73]

I recently purchased a 1996 Toyota Hilux Surf from Jhelum. The vehicle had been auctioned by FWO, registered in Lahore in 2008, and had complete original documentation, including:

Original smart card
Complete file
Biometric of the last (third) owner
Original number plates
Police (15) verification – Cleared
Forensic verification – Clear
All token taxes paid up to June 2025

Despite everything appearing legal, the vehicle was stopped by Islamabad Customs, who claimed it was Non-Custom Paid (NCP) and detained it in the customs warehouse.

Upon initiating legal verification, Customs wrote to FWO to verify the auction papers. Shockingly, FWO disowned the documents, stating they never issued them. As a result, my vehicle has now been declared NCP, causing me a loss of nearly PKR 3 million, which I cannot bear.

I now have serious questions:

1. Why did Lahore Excise register the vehicle without document verification?

2. How was it legally transferred to 3 owners over 17 years?

3. Why did the government collect taxes on it for all these years?

4. What is the legal value of the police clearance and forensic verification?

5. Where should I go for justice? What platform will hear my case?

6. What legal action can I take against the authorities or sellers involved?

I’m raising my voice to highlight this injustice. If everything was forged, how did the system legally support this vehicle for almost two decades?

Please share this post and guide me if you have any legal advice or contacts who can help. I’m devastated and seeking support to fight this.

I see only possibility that your car is one of many similar car running on same reg

Did custom islamabad did labortary on your car? Was chasis body and engine number original?

If laboratory result come out chasis forged nothing can happen

If due process wasnt performed you can file a write petition of crpc 22a 22b on custom fwo or lahore excise depends on your case