Money laundering case: Customs intelligence seeks fresh case against Ayyan

RAWALPINDI:

A banking court on Saturday accepted a petition of Pakistan Customs seeking registration of a fresh money laundering case against model Ayyan Ali.

Banking Court Judge Sabir Sultan accepted the plea filed by DG Customs Intelligence, requesting the court to order registration of a new money laundering case against the model.

The court accepted the petition for hearing and issued notice to Ayyan, directing her to reply to the plea on May 25.

The customs officials maintained that they needed a fresh case in order to arrest the gang involved in the money laundering scam.

Ayyan was arrested by customs officials at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on March 14 with $500,000, which she was allegedly smuggling to Dubai, and was sent to Adiala Jail on judicial remand.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 17^th, 2015.