LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has asked the investigation team of the customs intelligence and prosecution to produce a detailed challan of the case and also present witnesses in a case of a big quantity of mobiles’ smuggling.
An accused Muhammad Naveed was arrested by the customs intelligence authorities from Lahore. The customs intelligence has found 9700 mobile phones of different models from a warehouse of the accused. Sources of Customs Today have said that the worth of the smuggled mobile phones is more than Rs6million in the local market and the accused caused the national exchequer a big loss in the wake of taxes.
Sources said he was intercepted by the customs authorities at Hall Road. The customs intelligence authorities conducted an operation on a tip-off and apprehended the accused. The customs intelligence recovered smuggled and non-custom-paid mobile phones and accessories from the possession of the accused.
The customs recovered 340,000 mobile-phone chargers, hand-frees and data cables from a warehouse belonged to the accused.
The customs investigation team presented him before the customs court for getting his physical remand to investigate more on the issue that was approved by the court. Customs Judge Tahir Sabir granted the remand for three days. After the completion of the remand, the customs team presented him again before the court on Thursday wherefrom the court sent him to prison on judicial remand for further trial.
The customs has registered a case against the accused and launched investigation as well after impounding the vehicle and clothes that he was trying to smuggle.
The authorities have registered a case against him under the Pakistan Customs Act-1969.
