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Pakistan's FIA Widens Human-Smuggling Crackdown With Multi-City Arrests

Officials report over Rs10 million taken through false travel promises, with probes to trace accomplices ongoing.

Overview

  • Four suspects were arrested in Gujranwala, Sialkot and Bahawalpur in a visa-fraud sweep, officials said Monday.
  • Authorities said the four collected more than Rs10 million from citizens for purported travel to Europe and then disappeared with the money.
  • In Sargodha, FIA teams detained three men identified as Naveed Ahmad, Saqib and Shahid during operations in Chandni Chowk, Miani and Bhara.
  • FIA reported that Saqib took Rs2 million and Shahid Rs1.3 million from victims, promising overseas placement but failing to deliver.
  • At Islamabad International Airport, officers arrested Imtiaz Nazar for posing as an FIA immigration sub-inspector and recovered a fake service card and three mobile phones.