KARACHI: The Customs Court sent suspects namely Muhammad Atiq son of Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Arif son of Riaz Ahmed to Central Jail Karachi on judicial remand, who were nominated in a case of attempting to smuggle non-duty paid contraband goods worth Rs8,886,070.
On 15 August 2020, investigation officer of Customs Preventive Jinnah International Airport (JIAP) Karachi reproduced the above mentioned suspects before the court and informed that suspects were coming from Dubai via PIA and they were directed to get their baggage scanned.
He submitted that during the scanning, staff operating the scanning machine observed high end electronic goods in the baggage of both passengers, after the search, customs officials found 02 data logic scanner, 02 smart watch Huawei, 04 AMAZFIT smart Watch, 01 Ipad Pro (512GB), 03 Airpods Pro, 35 Samsung V-NAND SSD, 11 Mi Smart brands, 10 Love Chopard Perfume, 20 Chopard Oud MALAKI 80ml, 02 laptop HP Pavilion Gaming, 03 mobile phone Iphone XI Pro Max, 06 Wrist Watches Chinese origin, 02 Galaxy Watch Samsung, 06 Quickscan, 42 Samsung V-NAND SSD 860ml, 03 Mobile phone One Plus, 04 I-Phone XS Max, 07 mobile phone Empty Boxes and others goods worth Rs8,886,070.
He stated that during the preliminary enquiry, it was revealed that air passage tickets of both suspect and one Muhammad Shaukat were booked by one Arsalan Qurashi from M/s Venus Travels.
After the hearing, court sent them to jail and directed investigation officer to complete investigation and submit charge sheet on next date of hearing.
