LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has granted a 14-day judicial remand of an accused apprehended in a currency smuggling case.
Accused Faisal Hussain was arrested by the customs preventive authorities at the Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore. The customs authorities, during a thorough search of his luggage, found a huge quantity of currencies. Accused Faisal Hussain was trying to smuggle currencies of Rs2million. The customs authorities found dollars, Euros, Pounds and Pakistani currencies in his luggage.
The customs investigation team had presented him before the customs court for getting his physical remand to investigate more on the issue that was approved by the court. After the completion of the remand, the customs team had presented him again before the court and told the court that all the investigation has been done so court can send him to jail.
The customs preventive held the accused while making an attempt to smuggle currencies from Lahore into Europe. The customs preventive team intercepted the accused at the airport and recovered a huge amount of currencies of different countries.
The customs investigation team had presented him before the court of special judge of the customs taxation and anti-smuggling, Tahir Sabir, and asked for his judicial remand for 14 days.
The customs has registered a case against the accused and launched an investigation as well after confiscating the cell phones that he was trying to smuggle.
The customs authorities have registered a case against him under the Pakistan Customs Act-1969.
