Customs foils bid to smuggle foreign currency abroad
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 29, 2019
PESHAWAR: Customs officials on Sunday foiled a bid to smuggle foreign currency worth millions of rupees from Peshawar Bacha Khan Airport, ARY News reported.
Customs officials have recovered 110,000 Saudi Arabian Riyal and 20,000 United Arab Emirates Dirham from two passengers. They have arrested both the passengers.
Airport sources said they were smuggling the foreign currency to Dubai.
On April 27, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested a man at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi over his alleged involvement in human trafficking.
The man, identified as Muhammad Bilal, was arrested when he landed at the airport from a Dubai flight.
Bilal was accused of sending a man to Britain by taking Rs 1.7 million, however, he kept his client in Dubai for four months and then sent him back home.
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He also handed back a cash of Rs 1.7 million which was later bounced. The FIA has moved the accused to anti-smuggling cell for further investigation.
The FIA on April 2 had revealed that officials of police special branch were involved in people smuggling. In a raid, the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Unit had arrested a fugitive, Suleman.