LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned a hearing of an alleged mobile smuggler arrested from the Sialkot International Airport.
The accused, travelling from South Africa to Sialkot, was checked by the customs officials at the Sialkot Airport. The customs team found 30 costly mobile phones hidden in the baggage of one Muhammad Sarwar. The customs team had apprehended the accused and presented him before the customs court for physical remand but the judge denied the request and sent him to jail for judicial trial.
Muhammad Sarwar also filed a petition for his post-arrest bail that has also been postponed because of the unavailability of Prosecutor of the court.
Meanwhile, the customs court put off hearings of 16 cases related to customs matters.
During the hearings of most of the cases, the counsels for the accused persons requested the court to adjourn the hearing of their respective cases for preparation of arguments on which the court them for different dates.
According to the cause list, three out of 16 cases were fixed for formal hearing filed against accused Shehzad, Abdullah Tariq Fatmi and others. Pre-arrest bail pleas were also scheduled for the day that the court has also adjourned for next hearing.
The court also put off cases of narcotics, tax evasion, smuggling and customs matters. Cases from Faisalabad, Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan were also scheduled for hearings.
