KARACHI: Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi on Thursday granted bail to suspect namely Syed Muhammad Asim who was absconder in a gold and cellular phones smuggling case.
During the hearing, the suspect appeared before the court along with his counsel and moved an application for bail. The counsel argued that his client is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case, therefore, the court may grant him bail till final judgment in this case. After the hearing, the court granted him bail against the surety bonds of Rs 200,000 and directed him to appear before the court on the next date of hearing.
On the last date of hearing, Investigation Officer Shahzad Wasti had produced the suspect before the court and submitted that the accused was absconder in the case and was arrested by the customs authorities. After the hearing, the court had sent him to jail and directed jail authorities to produce him on the next date of hearing. It needs to be mentioned here that the court had awarded imprisonment to lady smuggler Uzma Mehwish in the case.
Earlier, investigation officer had submitted charge sheet against arrested lady suspect namely Uzma Mehwish and others and informed that on a credible information regarding the smuggling of gold and cellular phones worth millions of rupees through a passenger coming from Dubai, a team was constituted and was instructed to enhance the surveillance as well as to carry out strict checking at both arrival and the departure lounges of the airport.
