LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved a 14-day judicial remand of an accused Muhammad Riaz in a 14-kilogram gold smuggling case.
Accused Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after the rejection of pre-arrest bail plea by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Accused Riaz is the main accused in smuggling of huge quantity of gold smuggling.
Earlier, the customs authorities have arrested two female suspects involved in the smuggling of a 14-kg gold and currency from Multan International Airport.
According to details, customs authorities at Multan airport recovered 14-kg gold worn by both females in their hands and feet as bangles (Kara) and anklets (Pazaib) along with 39,000 Saudi riyals and United Arab Emirates Dirham. Multan Customs had seized the gold and foreign currency worth Rs64.6million and lodged an FIR against both arrested women for smuggling and money laundering.
Another accused of the case, Mazhar Hussain, is still at large and declared as absconder.
