LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned the hearing of a bail plea of a suspect who was arrested in a mobile smuggling case.
Earlier the Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling Court approved a 14-day judicial remand of the accused who was arrested by the customs authorities from Faisalabad on last Tuesday.
Sources told Customs Today that Tayyab Manzoor was booked by the Customs Preventive from Faisalabad International airport while he reached from Bahrain. Tayyab was travelling via flight of Gulf Airways.
During search of the luggage of the goods customs team found mobile phones. Customs team arrested him and found 60 cell phones hidden in his bag. Customs team has registered a case against the accused Tayyab and launched investigation as well after confiscating the cell phones.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution team presented him before the judge of the customs court and asked him for his physical remand that the court has approved for two days for investigation to dig out the more accused behind the smuggling act. Worth of the cell phones is more than Rs5million.