LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended the judicial remand of a suspect in gold smuggling case for 14 days.
Earlier, the accused was already on judicial remand after expiry of three-day physical remand.
As per details, Airport Security Force (ASF) recovered two and half kilogram gold from a passenger’s luggage at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore during scanning.
Passenger was identified as Muhammad Rizwan, who was trying to smuggle gold to Sharjah through a private airline. The ASF after initial interrogation handed over the accused to Customs department for further interrogation.
The customs team presented the accused before Customs Court, where Special Judge Chaudhary Ameer Muhammad Khan sent him on physical remand. Now, the court has approved his judicial remand for further prosecution and judicial trial.
