LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended the judicial remand of a suspect for another 14 days in a gold smuggling case.
As per details, the Airport Security Forces (ASF) recovered two and half kilogram gold from a passenger’s luggage at Lahore airport. The passenger was identified as Rai Umar who was on board for Sharjah through a private airline.
The clue of gold was found on search through scanning machine at Allama Iqbal International Airport. The ASF officials conducted the initial interrogation and handed over the accused to the Pakistan Custom for further investigation.
Earlier, the accused was on judicial remand in the custody of the Pakistan Customs after three days physical remand.
The customs team presented the accused before Customs Court, where Special Judge ChaudHary Ameer Muhammad handed over him to the customs for interrogation.
It is necessary to mention here that worth of the gold is estimated at Rs 8 millions in international market.
