LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has sent three accused persons to jail due to extension in their judicial remand of 14 days. The accused were involved in smuggling of Indian made saris.
Sources told Customs Today that three suspects, who were identified as Sajjad Qureshi, Abdul Sattar and Hammad Ahmad, were arrested by the customs authorities when they were making an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of Indian made saris.
Investigation team of Collectorate of Customs Preventive produced them before the customs court and asked for three days physical remand. On request of the investigation team, the customs court handed them over to the investigation team for further investigations.
During hearing of the case accused Sajjad Qureshi asked for pardon from the court and said that this is their first mistake. The honorable customs court stated that you people are lucky that you have arrested in your first attempt.
Customs Court after hearing both parties approved 14 days judicial remand of the three accused and sent them to jail. Customs Preventive has registered a case against the accused under Pakistan Customs Act of 1969.
