LAHORE: The Customs Preventive’s Investigation and Prosecution branch has lodged three FIRs against the accused persons who were attempting to smuggle gold jewelry and foreign currencies during the first four months of the current Financial Year 2015-16.
According to details, the suspects were allegedly involved in more than Rs 10 million gold and currency smuggling. The Investigation and Prosecution branch registered the first case on September 30, when a bid to smuggle Rs 5.2 million foreign currency from Lahore To Muscat was foiled by Allama Iqbal International Airport Customs authorities.
The Customs authorities arrested Shahbaz Ahmad, a resident of Gujranwala, who was hiding 20,412 Omani currency notes.
The Investigation and Prosecution branch registered another FIR on November 6 against an accused, Rai Umer, who was allegedly attempting to smuggle Rs 5. million gold jewelry and coins from Lahore to Dubai.
The Investigation and Prosecution registered third FIR on August 13 when the Lahore Airport authorities unearthed import and export worth Rs 0.8 million on fake documents.
