LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended a 14-day judicial remand of an accused Muhammad Riaz in a notorious case of 14 kilogram gold smuggling.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after the rejection of a pre-arrest bail plea by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Accused Riaz is the main accused of the smuggling of gold into Dubai.
Earlier, the customs authorities had arrested two female accused involved in the smuggling of 14-kg gold and currencies at the Multan International Airport.
The customs authorities at the Multan International Airport had recovered 14-kg gold of bangles and anklets worn by both females along with 39,000 Saudi Riyals and United Arab Emirates Dirham. The value of gold and currencies is Rs64.6million.
Accused Muhammad Riaz is in the custody of customs investigation on physical remand. At the start of the month he was produced before the court of Masood Arshad wherefrom he was sent remanded to jail.
Another accused of the case, Mazhar Hussain, is still at large.
