LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved a 14-day judicial remand of an accused in a case of cigarette smuggling.
The customs investigation team presented an accused, Rameez Iftikhar, before the court of customs taxation and anti-smuggling judge. It requested Judge Shakeel Ahmad of the Customs Court to send him to jail for judicial trial which the court accepted.
Sources told Customs Today that accused Rameez Iftikhar was arrested on the charge of smuggling of cigarettes into America. The value of the impounded cigarettes is more than Rs1.3million.
Meanwhile, about 17 other cases were also scheduled for hearing on Wednesday. Most of the cases were adjourned without any proceedings.
Framing of charges against Rasheed was also adjourned for next week.
Final arguments and statements of the parties concerned in a case of smuggling against Rafique Ali were also scheduled for hearing which is rescheduled for next week.
