KARACHI: The Customs Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi canceled bail of suspect namely Muhammad Farooq son of Muhammad Qasim and sent him to Central Jail Karachi, who was absent continuously last three hearing booked in a case of attempting to smuggle donkey hides worth Rs12,46,50, 000 from Lahore to Karachi to be smuggled to China.
On Friday during the hearing, above mentioned suspect appeared before the court and did not satisfied the court why he was absent, therefore, court canceled his bail and sent him to Central Jail Karachi and directed jail authority to produce him on next date of hearing before the court.
According to the prosecution, local police recovered 4, 986 donkey hides’ (pieces) which were put inside 642 bags The operation took place at a shop located in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block-12 and arrested a Chinese Citizen Tu-Zhong Xiao son of Tu Shao, Syed Ehtisham Zaidi son of Syed Shamim Ahmed Zaidi, Muhammad Faisal Bhutto son of Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Jumman son of Ameer Ali, Zeeshan Jan son of Patrus, Daniyal Rahman son of Muhammad Shakeel, Afshan wife of Ehtisham and absconders accused Muhammad Bilal son of Salamat Ali, Muhammad Farooq son of Muhammad Qasim and Muhammad Rafique alias Rafi, after the formalities, police handed over them to customs department for FIR and further investigation and during the investigation, it was revealed that the hides were brought illegally from Lahore to be smuggled to China. “There were about eight hides in one sack and one hide is sold for approximately Rs25, 000.
