LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended the judicial remand of a suspect who was allegedly involved in currency smuggling case.
In November, Shahbaz Ahmad was arrested by the Customs Preventive at Lahore airport when they foiled a bid to smuggle Rs 5.2 million foreign currencies from Lahore to Muscat.
Suspect Shahbaz Ahmad was produced before the court after completion of a 14-day physical remand. After hearing the arguments from the counsels, the court granted another 14-day judicial remand of the accused and sent him to jail.
The accused was set for travelling by Air Blue flight no. PA 450. However, he was arrested by the customs authorities before boarding. The accused tactfully fixed the Omani riyals with his body which was removed by the customs authorities.
