LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has received an investigation challan of a case of an accused booked by the customs authorities at the Allama Iqbal International Airport while making an attempt to smuggle cell phones from China into Lahore.
Naveed Bhatti was arrested by the Customs Preventive when they seized 170 android mobile phones from his luggage at the Lahore Airport. The passenger was coming from China, sources told Customs Today. On suspicion, the customs authorities intercepted accused Naveed Bhatti while he was using green channel and was asked if he had anything illegal.
The mobile phones were hidden in bottles of water which the passenger claimed that he had brought from Saudi Arabia. The total value of the mobile phones has been estimated at Rso5million.
Meanwhile, the Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended a judicial remand of an accused arrested from Lahore with a truck loaded with costly tyres.
The accused was booked when customs intelligence intercepted a truck coming from Quetta near Thokar Niaz Baig. During the searching of the truck, the customs intelligence officials found a big quantity of smuggled tyres. Sources said almost five tyres were packed in one tyre. The tyres were costly and of Pajero, Mazada trucks and other vehicles.
The market value of seized tyres is Rs05million which were being carried to Lahore for a businessman Matiur Rehman.
The customs team produced the accused before the court of Chaudhary Ameer Muhammad Khan from where the judge handed him over to customs team for interrogation for four days physical remand and then he was sent to jail for judicial trial.
