KARACHI: Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi has sent a suspect, Syed Muhammad Asim, to Central Jail Karachi on judicial remand, who was absconder in gold and cellular phones smuggling case.
During the hearing, Investigation Officer Shahzad Wasti informed the court that the said accused was absconder and was now arrested by the customs authorities. After the hearing, the court sent him to jail and directed the jail authorities to produce him on the next date of hearing. It needs to be mentioned here that the court had awarded imprisonment to suspect lady Uzma Mehwish the same case.
Earlier, the investigation officer had submitted a charge sheet against Mehwish and others. He informed the court that a team of Customs Preventive arrested Mehwish at the airport when she was trying to smuggle gold and cellular phones worth millions of rupees. He further informed that the woman had reached Karachi through flight no: FZ329 from Dubai.
During the search of the passenger’s luggage, the Customs Preventive team found 377 grams 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 was still absconder in this case, after his arguments, court had 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.
