LAHORE: Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended a 14-day judicial remand of an accused Muhammad Riaz in a case of 14 kilogram gold smuggling.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after the rejection of a pre-arrest bail by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Accused Muhammad Riaz is the main accused in smuggling of a huge quantity of gold into Dubai.
Earlier, the customs authorities have arrested two female suspects involved in smuggling of 14 kg gold and currency from Multan International Airport.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was in the custody of customs investigation on a physical remand.
He was produced before the court of Masood Arshad wherefrom he was remanded to jail for judicial trial. Another accused Mazhar Hussain is still absconding and customs authorities have failed to arrest him so far.
