KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling imposed a penalty of Rs 100, 000 on a suspect after he pleaded guilty to smuggling of electronic gadgets into the country.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi issued this verdict on the guilty plea of suspect Danish Muhamamd Younus.
According to the prosecution, on October 30 the staff of Model Collectorate of Customs (Preventive) seized 72 smart phones and some iPads worth over a million from the luggage of passenger Danish at international arrival lounge of Jinnah International Airport Karachi. Danish was caught when he knowingly concealed the goods and opted for green channel a customs route specified for passengers having nothing to declare.
