KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling on Tuesday adjourned until September 12 a case pertaining to the smuggling of electronic gadgets by TCS employees.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi directed the prosecution and defence sides to forward their arguments during the next hearing on the applications of the suspects through which they sought confirmation of their interim pre-arrest bails.
According to the prosecution, the Customs authorities had recovered a huge quantity of electronic gadgets, including expensive mobile phones, watches, memory cards and USBs worth Rs 20 million from a TCS van. It was alleged that these gadgets were illegally smuggled into the country without payment of duties and taxes. Subsequently, an FIR was registered against six employees of the TCS under the customs laws.
