SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested nine suspects, including three notorious human traffickers-turned-proclaimed offenders during a crackdown against them in Gujranwala division.
According to FIA Gujranwala Deputy Director Ch Khalid Anees, the special FIA teams raided various places to ensure the early arrest of the suspects, who had been sending innocent people abroad illegally after extorting big amounts from them. Anees said that several suspects had also been running illegal money exchanges.
The deputy director revealed the names of the arrested suspects as Javaid Iqbal alias Jeda, Munawar and Ghulam Rasul. The suspects had disappeared after extorting millions of rupees from people. He said that the suspects had been living at the new places in and around Gujranwala and they had also changed their names to hide their identity.
The FIA has arrested the owner of a big bakery shop Muhammad Asghar for pilferage of gas and sealed his bakery.
The authority has also arrested three alleged money changers Muhammad Nadeem, Khawar Naseem and Shamshad from Trust Plaza Gujranwala.
The FIA has also arrested a big money changer Basharat Mehmood from Jalalpur Jattan, besides seizing Rs 653,350 in cash, 1,300 euros, 1000 Saudi riyals , 125 dirhams and 50 dollars from him.
The FIA has sent the suspects behind the bars after registering separate cases against them.
