LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved an extension of a 14-day judicial remand of the accused, Muhammad Riaz, in a notorious case of 14 kilogram of gold smuggling.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after the rejection of a pre-arrest bail plea by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Accused Muhammad Riaz is the main accused of the gold smuggling case.
Earlier, customs authorities have arrested two female suspects involved in smuggling of 14 kg gold and currency at the Multan International Airport. The customs had seized the recovered gold and foreign currency worth Rs64.6million and lodged an FIR against both arrested women on the charges of smuggling and money laundering.
Another accused Mazhar Hussain is still at large.
On Monday customs court has also adjourned a number of other cases.
