LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved the post arrest bail plea of a suspect, who was arrested in smuggling of Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film from Afghanistan to Faisalabad. Earlier the accused was on judicial remand after completion of physical remand.
Sources told Customs Today that the suspect, who was identified as Mubarak Sheikh, was arrested by the customs authorities in Faisalabad for his alleged involvement in smuggling of BOPP film. The Customs officials had raided his warehouse and recovered two trucks loaded with smuggled items.
The Customs authorities asked Mubarak Sheikh to show legal evidences of the BOPP film but he failed to produce the same.
The Customs authorities registered a case against him under section 2 (2), 16, 18, 132 A, 156 89 and 178 of Customs Act of Pakistan 1969. The worth of the seized material is Rs 4.5 million in local market.