KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling on Friday granted post-arrest bail to a suspect in a case pertaining to the smuggling of electronic goods.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi approved the bail of Muhammad Azam against surety bonds of Rs 500,000.
According to the prosecution, Rangers personnel and Pakistan Customs’ Anti-Smuggling Organization (ASO) had intercepted a bus at Hub Chowki and recovered a huge quantity of smuggled air conditioners, hair trimmers and other home appliances worth Rs 6 million.
Subsequently, bus driver Muhammad Azam was taken into the custody and an FIR was registered against him and owner of the goods Abdul Bari.
Advocate Muhammad Jamil moved the bail application on behalf of the accused, submitting that his client was driver of the bus and he was only transporting the cargo from Quetta to Karachi. He requested the court to grant him bail as he was entitled to get such concession.
