FIA arrests man at Karachi Airport over ‘human trafficking’ charges
- By Web Desk -
- Apr 27, 2019
KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested a man at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi over his alleged involvement in human trafficking, ARY News reported.
The man, identified as Muhammad Bilal, was arrested when he landed at the airport from a Dubai flight.
Bilal is 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.
Read: FIA arrests two human traffickers in Gujrat
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.
The FIA officials said the captured suspect was allegedly involved in human smuggling in collusion with police special branch officials.
They said the suspect would send people to Bangladesh through forgery. “Police special branch officers used to help the suspect at the airport,” the FIA said.
On January 5 this year, the FIA had claimed to have rounded up two human traffickers from Gujrat. The FIA had arrested two agents, who were involved in human trafficking in Gujrat, and recovered illegal passports, fake rubber stamps and other stuff from their custody.