FIA Interpol apprehends wanted criminal from Lahore airport

KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Interpol Pakistan conducted a successful operation and apprehended a suspect who arrived from Cambodia at Lahore Airport, ARY News reported on Saturday.

According to the Interpol spokesperson, the suspect was wanted by the Bahawalnagar police on red notices and was involved in multiple cases of robbery.

The Interpol Immigration Lahore has handed over the suspect to the relevant police authorities for further legal procedures.

Earlier to this Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Commercial Banking Circle Islamabad has raided an illegal money changer in Gujar Khan city and seized over Rs900 million local and foreign currencies in cash, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

According to the FIA, the employees of a legal currency exchange ‘Easy Exchange’ were found involved in illegal currency trade. The employees were allegedly selling foreign currencies on illegal counters established at another locality.

The FIA spokesperson said that a cashier of Easy Exchange namely Abdul Basir was illegally running the counter, whereas, another employee was busy doing out-of-book illegal activity after closing the system of the currency exchange on Sunday.

The confiscated foreign currencies including US dollars, British Pounds, Euros, Malaysian Ringgits, Qatari Riyals and others. Moreover, the FIA also seized the out-of-book currency from the branch of the money changer.

In February, the concerned authorities had adopted a new mechanism for seized foreign currencies. The seized foreign currency will be deposited into the government bank account by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs).