LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling has approved the extension in judicial remand of suspect who was arrested by customs authorities from Lahore on charges of smuggling of powder milk and by showing it as plastic raw material.
Sources told Customs Today an accused Zahid Rasheed was booked by Customs Intelligence and Investigation while he was trying to smuggle a huge quantity of powder milk of different brands. The Customs intelligence, on secret information, intercepted a truck in suburbs of Lahore and found it loaded with powder milk international brands. The customs team also raided a warehouse and found 9,349 bags of powder milk of different brands.
Sources said that the worth of the recovered powder milk is Rs 70 million. Accused Zahid Rasheed has caused huge loss to the national kitty in the wake of taxes and duties. All of the milk was smuggled from different countries by different routes, especially from Afghanistan. After completion of physical remand he was sent to jail and now he is on judicial trial. The Customs Intelligence registered a case against him under Customs Act 1969.
