LAHORE: The Special Federal Court (LHC) of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling granted a three-day physical remand of a suspect in currency smuggling case on Thursday.
Suspect Shahbaz Ahmad was produced before the court by investigation officer of Customs Muhammad Usman and they asked for physical remand of the accused as more investigation is required regarding his act of smuggling of large amount of foreign currency which is a crime.
After hearing arguments from the Customs lawyer, the court granted three-day physical remand and handed him over to the Customs investigation team.
It is pertinent to mention here that Shahbaz Ahmad was arrested on Wednesday when Customs Preventive at Lahore airport foiled a bid to smuggle Rs 5.2 million foreign currency from Lahore to Muscat.
The accused was set for travelling from Air Blue flight No. PA 450 however, he was arrested by the customs authorities before boarding. The accused tactfully fixed the Omani riyals with his body which was removed by the Vustoms authorities in the presence of Customs ADC Sumer Ahmad Tarar while inspector Nadeem Iqbal and others were also present on the occasion.
Now Accused shahbaz is on physical remand for three days and he will be produce again before the customs court on Monday.
