LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has approved a two-day physical remand of two accused arrested in a smuggling case of mobile phones.
According to details, accused Noor Gull and Muhammad Tahir were apprehended by the Customs Intelligence authorities of Lahore while they were making an attempt to smuggle 665 mobile phones from Peshawar into Lahore through the Motorway.
The Customs Intelligence authorities at the Motorway found a suspected car that carried the smuggling mobile phones of different companies. The cell phones of Samsung, Apple and Oppo were loaded in the car. The customs team confiscated all the mobile phones and held two accused identified as abovementioned who belonged to Peshawar. The value of the smuggling cell phones is Rs11million in Pakistani market. The accused had brought the mobile phones from Afghanistan.
The customs has registered a case against the accused and launched an investigation as well after confiscating the cell phones that they were trying to smuggle.
The customs authorities have registered a case against both accused under Pakistan Customs Act-1969.