LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling adjourned the hearing of mobile phones’ smuggling case.
Earlier, the court had approved extension in judicial remand of an accused who was arrested by the customs authorities from Allama Iqbal International Airport while making an attempt to smuggle cell phones from China to Lahore.
The Investigation and Prosecution (I&P) team of Lahore Customs had presented the accused Naveed Bhatti before the special court and asked for his physical remand of five days. After completion of physical remand, the court sent him to jail for judicial trial which was extended again for 14 days.
The Customs Preventive staff arrested the accused following the recovery of 170 android mobile phones of assorted types worth Rs 5 million from his luggage at Lahore airport.
The mobile phones were hidden in bottles of water which the passenger claimed that he brought that water from Saudi Arabia, it was added. The customs authorities after seizing the mobiles registered a case against him and further prosecution is still underway.
