LAHORE: The Duty Judge of the Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved two days physical remand of the accused, who was arrested in smuggling of mobile phones accessories and some other items as well.
According to details an accused Safdar Khan was arrested by the customs authorities from Multan International Airport. Customs airport authorities conducted an operation on intelligence information and arrested an accused Safdar.Customs preventive of Multan airport recovered a smuggled and non customs paid mobile phones that he was trying to smuggle by hiding in his luggage.
Customs also recovered accessories of Mobil phones from his possession. Worth of the recovered items is more than Rs 1 million in local market. The accused has caused huge loss to the national kitty in the wake of duty and taxes.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution team presented him before the customs court for getting his physical remand to investigate more on the issue that was approved by the court. Customs duty judge Arshad Ali has approved his remand for two days. After completion of the remand customs team will present him again before the court for further action.
Customs has registered a case against the accused and launched investigation as well after confiscating the vehicle and clothes that he was trying to smuggle. Customs team has registered a case against him under Customs Act 1969.
