LAHORE: Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling sent a suspect of gold smuggling on a 14-day judicial remand.
Earlier, the accused was on physical remand for interrogation in the custody of the Pakistan Customs.
As per details, Airport Security Force (ASF) recovered two and half kilogram gold from a passenger’s luggage at Lahore Airport. Passenger identified as Rai Umar, was onboard for Sharjah flight on a private airline.
The clue of gold was found on search through scanning machine at Lahore airport on Saturday morning during last week. The ASF conducted the initial interrogation and handed over the accused to Custom department for further investigation.
The customs team presented the accused before Customs Court, where Special Judge ChaudHary Ameer Muhammad handed over him to Customs for interrogation.
Now the Court has approved his judicial remand for further prosecution and judicial trial.
It is necessary to mention here that worth of the gold is in millions in international market.
