LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned the post-arrest bail plea filed by a suspect in cell phones smuggling cases.
Earlier, the Customs Court had sent him to jail on a 14-day judicial remand after completion of physical remand.
According to the details, accused Muhammad Ilyas was nabbed by the customs authorities at Faisalabad International airport while he was coming back from Dubai through a private airline. During checking of his luggage, the customs officials found 400 costly mobile phones of Samsung, Huawei and iPhone worth Rs 2 million. The officials arrested him on smuggling charges.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution team of Faisalabad presented him before the Customs Court and asked for his physical remand that was approved by the court for 4 days. Faisalabad has recovered mobile phones of Samsung, Huwai and apple from the accused.
