SC stops Czech model from flying abroad in smuggling case

Author: APP

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped Czech Republic model Tereza Hluskova from travelling abroad in drugs smuggling case.

A three-member SC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi heard the Customs appeal against acquittal of Tereza Hluskova.

During the course of proceedings, the court issued notice to Czech model and stopped her from leaving the country. Advocate Waqar A Sheikh counsel for the Customs said that Tereza Hluskova was sentenced to eight years in prison by the trial court for smuggling drugs and was later on released by Lahore High Court (LHC). He said that the appellate court acquitted the accused.

He said that the accused had purchased the ticket and would leave for abroad on April 23. The court issued notice to Czech model and adjourned the hearing till April 20. Tereza Hluskova was sentenced to eight years and eight months in jail by a sessions court in April 2019. She was arrested at Lahore airport for attempting to smuggle heroin from Pakistan to Abu Dhabi on January 10, 2018. The court had acquitted her last year in November and was released from prison the same month.

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