LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has concluded the hearing of a case pertaining to the smuggling of Rs 20 million. Earlier, the decision was expected to be announced on February 18 but Judge Ameer Muhammad Khan reserved the decision for February 23.
According to details, the Customs investigation and prosecution has completed interim challan against the suspect which was submitted before the court. The Special court of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling has completed all proceedings after hearing arguments from both sides. The Customs Court has also recorded the statements of witnesses.
According to details, in 2013 officials of the Customs Preventive foiled a bid to smuggle Rs 20 million to Dubai and arrested a lady smuggler, Rahat Shehzadi. Shehzadi was arrested at Allama Iqbal International Airport while trying to smuggle foreign and local currency via a private airline. The Customs officials recovered US dollars, euros and Pakistani rupees worth Rs 20 million.
