KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to a suspect in a currency smuggling case.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi approved the bail for Muhammad Rehmat Khan against surety bond of Rs 500,000.
According to the prosecution, on August 27 the customs staff thwarted an attempt of smuggling of 157, 500 Saudi Riyals and 2,450 Omani Riyals out of the country. The currency was recovered from possession of passenger Rehmat at the Jinnah International Airport who was about to fly to Dubai without declaring the money.
Subsequently, the alleged smuggler was taken into custody and an FIR was registered against him.
