KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling granted Pakistan Customs five-day physical remand of six accused in a case pertaining to the sale of smuggled Iranian POL products.
Pakistan Customs’ Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation’s officer Atif Shuja produced six accused before the judge and sought their physical remand for five days for interrogation.
According to the official sources, on August 11, the paramilitary troops seized three oil tankers containing 25000 liters of diesel and 20000 liters of petrol of Iranian origin from the city’s Northern Bypass. The drivers of the vehicles and their helpers were also taken into custody. Later, the Rangers had handed over the alleged smugglers and seized smuggled oil tankers and POL products to Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation. Subsequently, it registered an FIR against them.
