LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved 14 days judicial remand of a suspect, Rizwan Ahmad, who is involved in mobile smuggling case.
Rizwan Ahmad was arrested by the customs authorities at Lahore airport upon his arrival from a Gulf state. The Customs staff deputed at airport recovered 141 mobile phones from his luggage. The mobile phones were of different brands, including Samsung, Apple and Huawei.
According to the details Rizwan Ahmad was remanded to the custody of Customs Investigation and Prosecution for interrogation. Special Judge Chaudhary Ameer Muhammad Khan granted seven-day physical remand of the suspect which was expired on Thursday and after that court send him to jail for judicial trial.
The customs authorities had registered a case against him and produced him before the court where they asked for judicial remand of the accused which was approved by the court.