KARACHI: The customs court extended the physical remands of seven suspects booked in smuggling of donkey hides into China.
Customs Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi extended the physical remands of seven accused and sent them back to customs department till May 05, 2017 who were booked in smuggling donkey hides worth Rs118.4 million from Lahore to Karachi for further smuggling them into China.
During the hearing, investigation officer produced a Chinese Citizen Tu-zhong Xiao S/o Tu Shao, Syed Ehtisham Zaidi S/ o Syed Shamim Ahmed Zaidi, Muhammad Faisal Bhutto S/o Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Jumman S/o Ameer Ali, Zeeshan Jan S/o Patrus, Daniyal Rahman S/o Muhammad Shakeel and Afshan w/o Ehtisham before the court and informed it that local police recovered about 4,736 donkey hides which were put in 592 sacks. The operation took place at a shop located in Gulshan-e-Jauhar, Block-12, and handed them over to customs department for FIR and further investigation. During the investigation, it was revealed that hides were brought illegally from Lahore to be smuggled into China. “There were about eight hides in one sack and one hide is sold for approximately Rs25000.
He mentioned that China is using donkey hides to produce medicine named Ejiao, which is useful in blood-related disease. The Ejiao is obtained from donkey’s Gilatin and owing to this reasons, China has become major importer of donkey hides.
He requested the court that prosecution needs further investigation therefore court may extend their physical remand. After his arguments, court sent them to customs department and directed investigation officer to produce them on the next date of hearing along with a progress report.
