KARACHI: The Customs Court approved interim charge sheet against suspect namely Muhammad Ishaq son of Abdul Kareem and Muhammad Hashim son of Abdul Kareem, who were arrested in a case of attempting to smuggle foreign origin gutka and other contraband goods.
On July 25, 2019, investigation officer submitted charge sheet before the court and informed that prosecution team intercepted a LPG gas tanker bearing registration number: TLD-157 and recovered 20886 kg betel nuts and 2430 packets Safina gutkha and during the search, suspects failed to produce any lawful documents, therefore, goods along with truck were seized and suspects also were arrested by customs team.
After the hearing, court accepted interim charge sheet and fixed the case for regular hearing.
Investigation officer Muhammad Mahmood submitted interim charge sheet stating that Abdul Latif, Gous Bakash and others’ names were mentioned in charge sheet as witnesses
According to the prosecution, case was registered for violation of under section 2(s) 156(2) 157(2) and 178 of Customs Act, 1969 punishable under clause (8) (89) of section 156 (1) ibid read with section 3 (i) of Imports and Export Control Act, 1950.
After approval of charge sheet, suspect moved applications for their after arrest bail in which court issued notices to the customs department and special prosecutor for customs department.
