ISLAMABAD: A single bench of Customs Appellate Tribunal dismissed a petition seeking release of 170 Apple phones.
Customs Appellate Tribunal’s sole operation single bench comprising Member Technical, Muhammad Nasir Khan heard the petition challenging model collectorate of Islamabad’s decision of mobile phones confiscation.
The tribunal dismissed the matter and upheld customs decision regarding confiscation of mobile phones worth Rs 6.1 million.
The petitioner had brought the mobiles into Pakistan through airport which customs had declared illegal and in violation of regulations adopted for carrying mobiles phone in luggage.
The customs authorities had confiscated the mobile phones at the airport and subsequently decided not to release them as the petitioner had violated the rules while returning to Pakistan. He had claimed that he carried 170 mobile phone which he gift his friends and family members.
