KARACHI: Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi re-issued non-bailable warrants against absconding suspect namely Syed Muhammad Asim, who was booked for attempting to smuggle gold and cellular phones worth millions of rupees.
Earlier, the investigation officer submitted a charge sheet against a convicted lady namely Uzma Mehwish and others. She had landed at the Karachi airport through flight no: FZ329 from Dubai. The investigation officer informed the court that a team of Customs Preventive intercepted the woman and asked her to show her travel documents as well as to get her luggage checked.
During the search of the luggage, the Customs Preventive team found 377 gram gold attached with her body worth nearly two million rupees as well as 10 expensive cellular phones concealed in the travel bag. She also failed to produce any lawful documents on these smuggled goods, therefore, the officials of Customs Preventive took the smuggled goods into custody and filed a case against the woman.
According to the challan, suspect Syed Muhammad Asim son of Wali Muhammad is still absconder in this case, after his arguments, court accepted charge sheet against issued non-bail able warrants against absconder suspect.
Case was registered against above mentioned suspect lady for violation of under section 2 (s) and 16, 156 (1) (8) (89) and 157 of the Customs Act, 1969.
