KARACHI: Customs (Taxation & Anti-Smuggling) Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi dismissed the bail applications of a Chinese Citizen Tu-Zhong Xiao S/o Tu Shao and a Pakistani lady Afshan w/o Ehtisham due to a key role in attempting to smuggle donkey hides worth Rs125million into China via Karachi from Lahore.
During the hearing, abovementioned accused appeared before the court along with their counsels who argued that their clients are innocent and were falsely booked in this case therefore court may grant their bails till the final verdict of the case, however court rejected their bails due to a key role in this case.
It may be mentioned here that accused Muhammad Bilal S/o Salamat Ali, Muhammad Farooq S/o Muhammad Qasim and Muhammad Rafique alias Rafi are absconders in this case and court has issued their non-bailable warrants.
According to the prosecution, local police recovered 4,986 donkey hides which were packed into 642 bags. The operation was carried on a shop located at Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block-12, and the said Chinese was arrested.
As per interim challan, investigation officer has informed the court that China is using donkey hides to produce a medicine named Ejiao, which is useful in blood-related disease. The Ejiao is obtained from donkey’s gelatin.
Due to this smuggling, Pakistan is facing shortfall in foreign exchange whereas its meat is also served to people in the country.”
