LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling sent Muhammad Riaz on a four-day physical remand in a notorious case of 14 kilogram of gold smuggling.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after the rejection of pre-arrest bail plea by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Accused Muhammad Riaz is a main accused in the case who tried to smuggle the gold into Dubai. Earlier, the customs authorities have arrested two female suspects involved in a smuggling of 14 kg gold and currency from Multan International Airport.
The customs authorities at Multan International Airport recovered 14 kg of gold worn by both females in their hands in the shape of bangles (Kara) and anklets (Pazaib) along with 39,000 Saudi riyals and United Arab Emirates Dirham. The Multan customs had seized the gold and foreign currency worth Rs64.6million and lodged an FIR against both arrested women. Another accused of the case, Mazhar Hussain, is still at large.
