LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has sent an accused to jail on a 14-day judicial remand. The accused was booked by the customs authorities at the Allama Iqbal International Airport while smuggling cell phones from China into Lahore.
Abdul Rehman was arrested by the Customs Preventive when it seized 2,310 assorted mobile phones from his luggage at the Lahore Airport. The customs authorities had intercepted accused Abdul Rehman while he was using green channel.
The phones were hidden in different bags and other belongings. The total value of the mobile phones has been estimated at Rs8:00million.
Accused Abdul Rehman is in the custody of customs investigation team on physical remand. After the completion of his remand, Special judge of Customs Court, Shakeel Ahmad, has sent him to jail for fourteen days.
