LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned the hearing of a gold smuggling case for indictment till next week.
Muhammad Rizwan was on a judicial remand for 14 days and before this he was in the custody of the Customs Investigation team that grilled the accused to trace his accomplices in the smuggling attempt.
Earlier, Customs Preventive had confiscated seven kilogram of gold from a passenger at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. Muhammad Rizwan son of Hadayatullah, who is a resident of Kot Khawaja Saeed, Lahore was arrested by the customs at airport following the recovery of gold worth Rs 30 million from his possession. The passenger was coming from Dubai by Emirates flight EK-622.
The customs authorities had registered a case against him under Pakistan Customs Act, 1969.
