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KARACHI: The Special Court for Customs, Taxation & Anti-Smuggling has sentenced a man to a total of eight years in prison on two counts for possessing US and Canadian dollars beyond the permissible limit during his travel with his family to Canada.
Special Judge Dr Shaban Waheed sentenced accused Raheel Dhannani to five and three years in jail for committing offences under the customs act.
According to state prosecutor Naimatullah Soomro, the accused holding the Canadian passport was travelling with his family on Jan 24, 2023 from Karachi to Vancouver, Canada, via Bangkok.
The prosecution claimed that when the customs officials asked him to declare whether he was carrying any foreign currency, the accused replied in the negative.
