Organised group behind Ayyan's money laundering case: Customs intelligence

The model has been summoned for a hearing on May 25

RAWALPINDI: Customs intelligence on Saturday deemed model Ayyan Ali's case a money laundering case as opposed to a currency smuggling case adding that it was a highly organised crime conducted by a group of people, Express News reported..

The ongoing case following the arrest of the model on March 14 was confirmed by customs officials to be a money laundering case which was previously said to be a currency smuggling case.

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A customs court accepted her case to be heard and she was summoned for a hearing scheduled on May 25.

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Sources further revealed that the attempted money laundering was organised by a group of people.

Just last month investigators probing money laundering charges against the supermodel submitted an interim charge-sheet in court and included two new suspects for interrogation.