LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling approved extension for 14 days in judicial remand of the accused who was arrested by the customs authorities from Faisalabad.
According to sources of Customs Today an accused Tayyab Manzoor was booked by the Customs Preventive from Faisalabad International airport while he reached from Bahrain. Accused Tayyab was travelling via flight of Gulf Airways.
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During search of the luggage of his luggage Customs team arrested him and found 60 cell phones hidden in his bag. Customs team registered a case against the accused Tayyab and launched investigation as well after confiscating the cell phones that he was trying to smuggle.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution team presented him before the judge of the customs court and asked him for his physical remand that the court has approved for two days for investigation to dig out the more accused behind the smuggling act. Then he was sent to jail for judicial trial which is now extended for fourteen days. Worth of the cell phones was more than Rs 5 million.
Customs authorities had registered a case against him under Pakistan Customs Act 1969.
