LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has granted a 14-day judicial remand of an accused apprehended in smuggling of cigarettes, cloths, mobile phones and some other items as well.
Accused Muhammad Hassan was arrested by the customs intelligence authorities from Lahore. The customs intelligence authorities conducted an operation on the intelligence based information at Band Road Lahore and held the accused.
The customs intelligence recovered a smuggled and non-custom-paid cloths, mobile phones, cigarettes, Gutka and fireworks from the accused. The worth of the recovered items is more than Rs3.6million in the local market. The accused has caused the treasury a big loss in the wake of duties and taxes.
The investigation team had presented him before the customs court for getting his physical remand to investigate more on the issue that was approved by the court. Customs Judge Tahir Sabir has granted his remand for two days. After the completion of the remand, the customs team will present him again before the court for further action.
The customs has registered a case against the accused and launched an investigation as well after impounding the vehicle and cloths that he was trying to smuggle.
Now on Wednesday, the customs court sent him to prison on judicial remand for fourteen days.
The customs authorities have registered a case against him under the Pakistan Customs Act-1969.
