LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved the 14-day judicial remands of the two accused held in a mobile smuggling case.
Accused Abdul Waheed and Agha Wali were arrested by the customs intelligence authorities on The Mall Lahore. The customs intelligence and investigation team had presented them before the customs court for getting their physical remands to investigate more on the crime.
Both accused were supplying mobile phones to some traders of Hall Road which is the largest mobile-phone market not only in Lahore but also of Punjab.
Sources said the customs intelligence recovered 324 mobile phones worth over Rs06million in the local market. By smuggling these cell phones, accused caused the national kitty a big financial loss in the form of duties and taxes.
The customs investigation team had presented them before the court of Special Judge of the Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling, Tahir Sabir, and asked for their physical remand for three days. The customs court handed them over to the customs investigation team for further investigation for 14 days. After the completion of the physical remands, now they have been sent to prison for judicial trial.
The customs intelligence has registered a case against the accused and launched an investigation as well after confiscating the cell phones that they were trying to smuggle. The case was registered under the Pakistan Customs Act-1969.
