LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved 14 days judicial remand of an accused Muhammad Riaz who is involved in 14 kilograms of gold smuggling.
According to the details, accused Muhammad Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after rejection of his pre arrest bail plea by the Supreme Court.
Earlier the customs authorities have arrested two female suspects and recovered 14 kilograms of gold wearing both females in their hands in shape of bangles (kara) and anklets (pazaib) along with 39000 Saudi riyals and United Arab Emirates dirhams.
Multan Customs had seized the recovered gold and foreign currency of Rs64.6 million and lodged FIR against both arrested women in charges of smuggling and money laundering.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was in custody of customs investigation on physical remand. On Monday he was produced before the court of Masood Arshad where he sent him to jail for judicial trial. The Customs authorities have registered a case against him under Pakistan Customs Act 1969
