LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has granted bail to an alleged cloth smuggler who was in jail on 14 days judicial remand.
According to details, Chaudary Ameer Muhammad Khan has approved the bail plea of Sarfraz Ahmad against surety bonds of Rs 200,000.
Earlier, Sarfraz Ahmad was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) following the charges of cloth smuggling. Later, the FIA handed him over to the Customs Department on the orders of the Customs Court Lahore.
The Sialkot Customs Investigation and Prosecution team produced the suspect named Sarfraz Ahmad after the expiry of his physical remand and requested the court to send him to jail for judicial remand and after that he was in jail for judicial trial.
According to the allegations, the accused was allegedly involved in smuggling of cloth and other items from Afghanistan through KPK and Baluchistan.
