LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has handed over three accused to Customs I&P team for interrogation in a mobile phones smuggling case. Customs Court has approved their physical custody for two days.
Earlier the Customs Collectorate of Preventive Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) seized large quantity of smuggled mobile phones in an enforcement activity.
Sources told Customs Today that a team on directions of collector customs Faiz Ahmad received credible information regarding movement of smuggled goods. The additional collector advised Deputy Collector ASO Agha Qadeer to tighten the vigilance.
The ASO team raided a house near Karin Hospital and recovered a huge quantity of smuggled mobile phones.
During investigations it came on record that accused persons are smuggling mobile phones from Peshawar since long and supplying that smuggled goods in mobile markets of the Lahore city.
In pursuance of the above information warrant u/s 162 of the Customs Act, 1969 was obtained from the Judicial Magistrate, Lahore and the staff raided the warehouse.
On search conducted in the presence of above said house owners and other witnesses, more than 300 mobile phones were recovered from the accused. Customs team also arrested three accused from the spot. Worth of the smuggled goods is more than Rs 2000000 in local market.
