LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has claimed to have arrested six people for allegedly running a hundi business, and seized Rs 4.48 million in two separate raids in the provincial capital.
According to an FIA spokesman, a team of senior officials of the agency raided an office in Ganpat Market of Landa Bazaar near the Lahore Railway Station and arrested four people, who were running the business in the name of trading under the name of Al Aziz Traders.
FIA personnel arrested Abdul Razzaq, Majeed Imran, Akbar and Jumma Khan.
The team also confiscated Rs 2 million that was used in the hundi and hawala business. Officials also confiscated chequebooks of different banks, receipts and other material being used by the arrested men for running their illegal business.
A case has been registered against the accused for further action.
In another raid, an FIA team consisting of Abdul Qayyum, M Riaz Butt, M Ijaz, Ishfaq and Shafqat raided MR Traders in Badami Bagh area of Lahore, where accused persons namely Majid Hameed and Yasir Abdur Razaq were found involved in the illegal business of hundi and hawala transfer.
Upon search, by FIA team found and confiscated Rs 2.485 million and receipts of different clients, registers regarding hawala, chequebooks of different banks and other material.
The federal agency registered a case (FIR No 37/2015) and arrested Majid and Yasir from the spot.
The spokesman said that after registration of the FIR, the case will further be investigated.
Meanwhile, in other activities, the FIA Cyber Crime Cell arrested two accused on the charges of running mini gateway exchanges in Mananwala and Faisalabad.
