KARACHI: Customs Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi has sent a suspect namely Murtaza son of Mustafa to Central Jail Karachi on judicial remand, who is booked for attempting to smuggle contraband foreign currency of Rs 3,717,300 from Dubai to Karachi.
During the hearing, the investigation officer produced the suspect before the court and informed that a team of the Anti-Smuggling Organization intercepted him at Jinnah International Air Port Karachi and searched his bag.
He further informed the court that during the search, the customs authorities recovered UAE Dirham 105,500 and Saudi Riyal 25,000 from his possession. The suspect failed to produced lawful documents and reasons for keeping the money, therefore, he was taken into custody.
After his arguments, court sent the suspect to jail and directed jail authorities to produce him on next date of hearing before the court, court also directed investigation officer to submit charge sheet on next date of hearing.
According to the prosecution, case was registered against him for violation of under section 2 (s) of the Customs Act, 1969 punishable under clauses (8) of section 156 (i) ibid read with notification of state bank of Pakistan dated 01/06/2015.
