LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved a 14-day judicial remand of an accused identified as a Chinese citizen after he was booked at the Lahore Airport while making an attempt to smuggle foreign currencies.
According to details available to Customs Today on Tuesday, an investigation and prosecution team of the customs preventive presented the accused before the court of Tahir Sabir. The customs court sent him to jail on judicial remand.
Earlier, Pakistan Customs Preventive and Airport Security Force on Monday held a Chinese passenger for alleged smuggling of currencies.
According to details, a foreign national, who was going to Bangkok through an international airline, was held during a checking at the Allama Iqbal International Airport following the recovery of foreign currencies worth Rs2.5million.
The Pakistan customs officials have recovered US dollars 20,000 and 15,000 Chinese Yuan from his possession.
The accused was shifted to an unknown place for interrogation in the custody of the officials of Pakistan Customs while a case has been registered against him.
The Pakistan customs has registered a case against the accused under the Pakistan Customs Act 1969.
According to the revised rules of the State Bank of Pakistan regarding the foreign exchange, a passenger can carry up to $10,000 or equivalent notes of another currency while going abroad.
The SBP also clarified that people travelling to or from Pakistan can carry $10000 as earlier the limit was $3000.
A number of currency smuggling cases have been registered in the last two months. The Pakistan Customs Preventive has foiled many currency smuggling attempts at the Allama Iqbal international Airport and recovered millions of dollars that were being attempted to smuggle from Lahore into other countries.
