LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended a judicial remand of an accused Muhammad Riaz for 14 days in a notorious case of 14 kilogram gold smuggling.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was arrested by the customs authorities after the rejection of pre-arrest bail plea by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Accused Muhammad Riaz is the main accused in smuggling of huge quantity of gold into Dubai.
Earlier, the customs authorities have arrested two female suspects involved in a smuggling of 14-kg gold and currency from Multan International Airport.
Accused Muhammad Riaz was in the custody of customs investigation on physical remand. At the start of the month, he was produced before the court of Masood Arshad who sent him to jail for judicial trial.
Another accused Mazhar Hussain is still at large and customs authorities fail to arrest him.
