LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling again extended the judicial remand of the suspect involved in smuggling case.
According to the details, Niaz Muhammad was arrested by the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Faisalabad following the charges of smuggling. Earlier, he was produced before the court where Customs Court accepted his physical remand for three days, while after expiry of physical remand, the courts remanded him into the custody of Customs Intelligence for further investigation.
The accused was arrested by authorities when they recovered smuggled cloth from his possession. The cloth was smuggled into Pakistan from Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhawa route. The value of the confiscated items has been estimated Rs 8 million.
The Customs authorities asked the suspect to produce documents showing legal import of the items but he remained failed; therefore the officials seized the items and registered a case against suspect under Pakistan Customs Act 1969.
