KARACHI: Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi has re-issued non-bailable warrants against absconding suspect namely Syed Muhammad Asim, who is booked for attempting to smuggle gold and cellular phones worth millions of rupees.
It needs to be mentioned here that on the last date of hearing, the court had awarded imprisonment to suspect lady Uzma Mehwish.
Earlier, investigation officer had submitted a charge sheet against the arrested lady and others and informed that a team was constituted to foil a possible attempt to smuggle gold and cellular phones by a passenger coming from Dubai.
He further informed that on suspicion, the team of Customs Collectorate of Preventive intercepted a woman passenger who reached Karachi through flight no: FZ329 from Dubai. She was asked for her travel documents as well as to get her luggage checked.
During the search of the passenger’s 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 and she also failed to produce any lawful documents on these smuggled goods, therefore, officials of Customs Preventive has taken 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.
