FIA arrested a nine-member group for allegedly smuggling cash from Pakistan to Afghanistan

FIA Business Banking Circle officers mentioned the arrests have been made in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Saddar areas. The suspects have been working an unlawful hundi/hawala enterprise beneath the pretext of a licensed enterprise.

Per an FIA investigating officer, Irshaan Kareem, the arrested suspects embody the corporate’s director Mohammad Yaseen, the supervisor Mohammad Adnan, and different workers members who have been recognized as Osama, Fahad, Mohammad Athar Mehboob, Mohammad Miraj, Saifuddin, and Sanaullah.

Kareem mentioned the FIA had additionally recovered cellphones, laptops, and different paperwork, which have been used within the unlawful hundi/hawala enterprise.

In the meantime, Kareem added that the suspects have been offering {dollars} to folks from Balochistan with out pre-requisite documentation. “The 2 suspects, Saifuddin and Sanaullah, arrested from the scene of crime are residents of Quetta, and used to smuggle cash to Afghanistan.”

The investigating officer mentioned a complete of Rs7.6 million, 3 million overseas foreign money, and 36,394 {dollars} have been recovered from the suspects. He added that the suspects have been benefiting from the state of affairs in Afghanistan and as a result of their actions, Pakistan’s present was weakening in opposition to the greenback.

A case has been registered in opposition to the suspects and additional investigation is being carried out, the FIA officer added.