The bail application of an accused allegedly involved in a stolen luxury car case from Britain has been rejected by a court on Wednesday.  

However, the court approved the bail of another accused Jamil Shafi and ordered him to furnish a bail bond of Rs20 lakh.

On September 3, the customs officials recovered a Bentley Mulsanne from a house in Karachi’s Defence area. They said the car was stolen from London and later smuggled to Karachi, where it was illegally registered with the Sindh excise and taxation department.

The customs department registered an FIR and also arrested the suspects, including ‘owner’ Jamil Shafi, and Naveed Bilawani. During the initial investigation, Bilawani told customs officials that he had only helped broker a deal between buyer Shafi and papers and payment guarantor Naveed Yamin.

Reporter: Mumtaz Jamali