PARIS: A French court on Tuesday sentenced two stewards of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to two years each in prison in drug smuggling case.
In its verdict, the court ruled that after the completion of jail term both officials, Tanweer Gulzar and Amir Moeen will be deported.
The court also barred them from visiting France for five years.
On March 10, French authorities detained Gulzar and Moen after drugs were recovered from Gulzar’s possession in a PIA aircraft in Paris.
Both stewards were also suspended by PIA after starting an investigation against them. Furthermore, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) asked Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Cheif Executive Officer (CEO) Musharraf Rasool why the aircraft was not checked thoroughly before its flight to Paris.
