KARACHI: Customs Taxation and Anti-smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi sent a suspect namely Muhammad Ibrahim to Central Jail Karachi on judicial remand who was fled from the court on Monday. He was booked for attempting to smuggle/non-duty paid contraband foreign cigarettes from Iran to Karachi.
During the hearing, the investigation officer produced the suspect before the court and informed that the suspect was escaping to Afghanistan through Chaman border, however, the customs authorities caught him when he was going to the border through a passenger bus.
After the hearing, the court sent him to jail and directed the jail authorities to produce him on the next date of hearing before the court.
It is worthy to mention here that, on Monday, officials of the Anti-smuggling Organization had produced suspects bus driver namely Bashir and cleaner Muhammad Ibrahim before the court for seeking physical remand, however, when investigation officer of this case was in court than suspect namely Muhammad Ibrahim fled out from the corridor of the court, sources said hand-cuff was free in his hands, therefore, he easily escaped from the court.
According to the sources, during his escaped no customs officials tried to arrest him instead of dozens of officers and staff of customs department were there.
Both suspects were produced before the court on Saturday and court had sent them to customs department on physical remand till Monday, during the hearing, investigation officer had informed the court that on credible information, officials of the customs department intercepted a bus which was coming from Quetta and during the search, recovered huge quantity of foreign brand cigarettes from their possession.
