Czech model jailed for heroin smuggling

LAHORE: A Sessions Court on Wednesday sentenced Czech model Teresa Hluskova to eight years and eight months imprisonment in a heroin smuggling case.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs113,000 on Hluskova. The court, however, acquitted co-accused Shoaib Hafeez after giving him the benefit of the doubt. Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahzad Raza announced the verdictwhich had been reserved on March 12 after hearing final arguments from the parties.

The model was present as the ruling was read out. On January 10, 2018, the model was arrested from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport while attempting to smuggle 8 kgs of heroin from Lahore to a foreign country. Besides Hluskova, four others were nominated in the case but three of them are still at large.