LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling has approved three days physical remand of the accused involved in currency smuggling and handed over him to the customs investigation authorities for interrogation.
Earlier the Customs Preventive has foiled a bid to smuggle huge quantity of foreign currency abroad and arrested two culprits at Lahore Airport.
The Custom sources said that during baggage search of two Bangkok-bound passengers at Allama Iqbal International Airport, $ 25,000 was recovered.
The officials confiscated the recovered foreign currency and arrested the two accused who are being interrogated.
Passengers identified as Muhammad Shehzad a resident of Kasur passport number SY 5142662, accused namely Atif was also involved in same case who is a resident of Lahore. Deputy Collector Naveed ul Rehman Bhagvi took action against the accused and arrested them.
Sources told that arrested accused were allegedly involved in currency smuggling with a gang of money laundering. Allegedly this gang is belonged to hall road of Lahore which is a famous market of mobiles and computers in Lahore.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution (I&P) got their physical remand. Court has also ordered the investigation team to present them before the court on Wednesday for further prosecution.
