LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned the bail plea of an accused allegedly involved in mobile phones smuggling case.
Accused Muhammad Ilyas, who is currently on judicial remand, has moved his post-arrest bail plea that was scheduled for hearing before the court of Chaudary Ameer Muhammad Khan.
According to the details, Muhammad Ilyas was nabbed by the customs authorities at Faisalabad International Airport while he was coming back from Dubai through a private airline. During the checking of his luggage, the customs authorities found 400 costly mobile phones from his bags. The value of the smuggled mobile phones is more than Rs 2 million.
The Faisalabad Customs officials recovered mobile phones of different brands, including Samsung, Huawei and apple from the luggage of accused person.
Earlier, the Customs Investigation and Prosecution team of Faisalabad presented him before the court after Eid and asked for his physical remand that was approved by the court for 4 days. The Customs Investigation team after completion of remand presented him before the court for further proceedings where the court sent him to jail on judicial remand.
