LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned the case of an accused arrested from the Sialkot International Airport.
According to details available to Customs Today, an accused, travelling from South Africa to Sialkot, was checked by the customs officials at the Sialkot airport. The customs team, during a search of the luggage, found 30 costly mobile phones hidden in the baggage of Muhammad Sarwar. The customs team apprehended the accused and presented him before the customs court for physical remand but customs judge turned down the request of the customs investigation team for physical remand and sent him to jail for judicial trial.
Muhammad Sarwar also filed a petition for his post-arrest bail that was also adjourned because of the unavailability of prosecutor of the court.
Meanwhile, the Customs Court adjourned the hearing of 16 cases related to customs matters.
During the hearing of most of the cases, the counsels for the accused persons requested the court to postpone the hearings of their respective cases for preparation of arguments on which the court did the hearings of the cases on different dates.
According to the cause-list, three out of 16 cases were fixed for formal hearings filed against accused named Shehzad, Abdullah Tariq Fatmi and others. The pre-arrest bail pleas were also scheduled for the day that the court has also adjourned for next hearings.
The court also adjourned the cases of narcotics, tax evasion, smuggling and customs matters. Cases from Faisalabad, Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan were also scheduled for hearings.
