LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned the hearing of a case filed against a suspect who was arrested in mobile phones smuggling case.
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. The value of the smuggled mobile phones is more than Rs 2 million and he attempted to cause loss to the national exchequer.
A team of Customs Investigation and Prosecution of Faisalabad presented the suspect before the court and asked for his physical remand that was approved by the court for four 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 and than approved his bail as well.
The Faisalabad Customs recovered mobile phones of different brands including Samsung, Huawei and apple from the luggage of accused person.
