LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved a 14-day judicial remand of the accused arrested in a currency smuggling case.
Accused Faisal Hussain was apprehended with the currency by the Customs Preventive authorities at the Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore. Accused Faisal Hussain was trying to smuggle currency of Rs2million. The customs authorities found Dollars, Euros, Pounds and Pakistani currency in his luggage.
The customs investigation team had presented him before the customs court for getting his physical remand to investigate more that was approved by the court. After the completion of the remand, the customs team presented him again before the court and told it that all the investigation was done, so the court can send him to jail.
The accused was attempting to smuggle the currency from Lahore into Europe.
The Judge of the Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling, Shakeel Ahmad, held the proceeding of the case.
The customs authorities have registered the case against him under Pakistan Customs Act-1969.
