KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has been directed to submit a report with regard to the status of an arms smuggling case.
A single bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) comprising Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi issued reminder to the lower court to submit the report when the counsel for the applicant told it that despite court directions it had not submit the report.
The court was hearing the application filed by suspect Mamtazuddin, who moved the court challenging the verdict of Special Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court that dismissed his application seeking passport.
The counsel for the accused submitted that his client wanted to meet his family settled in Belgium but he could not travel abroad since his passport was held by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). He requested the court to order the FIA authorities to return the applicant’s passport as it was not the part of the case property.
According to the details of the case, several parts of 9mm were recovered from the personal baggage of Mumtazuddin at Jinnah International Airport on August 21, 2014. During interrogation, he confessed that he used to smuggle unassembled parts of weapons for a NADRA official Col (retd) Hafeez. Subsequently, an FIR was registered against him and his two accomplices.
