LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved the judicial remand of a suspect in mobile phones smuggling case.
According to the details, 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. The value of the smuggled mobile phones is more than Rs 2 million and he attempted to make a loss to the national kitty in the wake of taxes levied on mobile phones.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution team of Faisalabad presented him before the court and asked for his physical remand that was approved by the court for 4 days. The Customs Investigation team after completion of remand presented him before the court for further proceedings where the court sent him to jail on judicial remand.
The Faisalabad Customs recovered mobile phones of different brands including Samsung, Huawei and apple from the luggage of accused person.
