LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti- Smuggling has approved a 14-day judicial remand of the accused, who was arrested in smuggling of mobile phones accessories and some other items.
According to details, Muhammad Safdar Ashraf was arrested by the customs authorities from Multan international airport. The Customs airport conducted an operation on intelligence information and arrested Ashraf. The Customs team recovered 300 mobile phones and accessories from his possession worth more than Rs 1.5 million. The accused has caused a huge loss to the national kitty in the wake of duty and taxes.
Customs I&P team produced him before the customs court for getting his physical remand to investigate more on the issue which was approved by the court.
Customs judge Tahir Sabir had approved his remand for three days. After completion of the remand customs team produced him again before the court for further action. Now court had sent him to jail for judicial remand.
Pakistan Customs has registered a case against him under Pakistan Customs Act 1969.
