MULTAN: The Customs Investigation and Prosecution Department has started grilling the arrested seven smugglers.
The Anti-Smuggling Organization Multan had apprehended seven loaded trucks with smuggled goods a few days ago and assessment of the loaded goods of detained truck were under process.
Customs have taken their physical remand to interrogate further from these seven smugglers. Physical remand of seven alleged smugglers includes Hazrat Ali, Abdul Latif, Shah Nawaz, Noor Jan ,Abdul Wahid, Noor Muhammad and Jaleel Ahmad are on four day remand on request of Anti-Smuggling Organization Investigation and Prosecution department.
Deputy superintendent Syed Muhammad Rizvi and inspector Maqssod Ahmad are investigating all seven accused for further details of their smuggled to detect their real culprits behind them in smuggling of goods in Punjab. All accused smugglers were belonging to Baluchistan and they are all drivers which played role as facilitators in the handling contraband items.
Sources told Customs Today that Investigation and Prosecution will likely to apply for further remand of accused in order to collect more information from them and Multan Customs will take few more actions after information of these seven accused to recover more smuggled goods. Department were trying to revealed their whole network operating in the region.
Customs Investigation and Prosecution Multan branch have lodged first Information report against them bearing FIR no.05/2015 on committing offense charge section 2(s)&16 of the Customs act,1969 along with section 3(I) of the import and export control act ,1950 punishable under clauses 89 &90 of section 156(I) & 178.
