KARACHI: Customs Taxation & Anti-Smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi awarded a 15-day imprisonment and Rs50000 fine on accused Baz Muhammad S/o Dost Muhammad on pleading guilty. He was booked in a case of attempting to smuggle 350 live tortoises (said to be Central Asian Tortoise of Afghan Tortoise “Testudo Horsfieldi”) valued of Rs1750000.
During the hearing, abovementioned accused appeared before the court along with his counsel who moved an application for pleading guilty. After the arguments, court awarded the 15-day imprisonment (already undergone period) and imposed a fine of Rs50000 on him.
If accused fails to pay the fine then he shall undergo an imprisonment of further three months in the Central Jail Karachi.
According to the prosecution, officials of the Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) had arrested the accused with the illegal possession of 350 live tortoises.
