KARACHI: Customs Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi has awarded 17 days imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine each to seven suspects on pleading guilty. The suspects were booked for attempting to smuggle 9,000 letters diesel near the coast of Mubarak village on December 4, 2016.
During the hearing, Senior Preventive Officer Azhar Malik produced the accused, Abdul Hanan, Momin Khan, Syed Ameen Khan, Ghulam Khaliq, Badshah Mehmood and Muhammad Ayyaz, before the court. The counsel for the suspects filed applications for pleading guilty and left themselves on the mercy of the court.
After the arguments, the court awarded 17 days imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine each to seven accused persons. Investigation had informed the court that after recovered of the oil, customs authorities arrested the accused and seized the oil and wooden boat, Al-Battail BFD 12344 carrying the oil.
As per the FIR, the value of the oil is Rs 675,000 and the wooden boat is Rs 5000,000 and the case was registered by complainant Senior Preventive Officer Azhar Malik under section (5) read with section 178 of customs act, 1969 punishable under clauses 8 & 89 of section 156 (i) ibid.
