LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling approved the judicial remand of a suspect who is involved in mobile phones smuggling case.
Sources told Customs Today that Muhammad Ilyas was nabbed by the customs authorities at Faisalabad International Airport while he was coming back from Dubai through a private airline. During the checking of his luggage, the customs authorities found 400 costly mobile phones hidden in his bags. Worth of the smuggled mobile phones is more than Rs 2 million and he attempted to cause huge loss to the national kitty in the wake of taxes on mobile phones import by smuggling.
Customs investigation and prosecution team of Faisalabad presented him before the Customs Court and asked for his physical remand that was approved by the court for four days. Customs team after completion of remand will presented him before the court for further proceedings where the court sent him to jail on judicial remand.
Customs preventives Faisalabad has recovered mobile phones of Samsung, Huwai and apple from the accused luggage
