Three passengers who had arrived from the Maldives were arrested for traveling on fake documents the FIA Faisalabad Zone.
A team arrested Umar Farooq, Naila and Ashraf Mahmood and started interrogating them.
The suspects had arrived in Pakistan from the Maldives on a flight, but initial investigation showed that they had used fake travel documents, including Portuguese passports.
They had traveled abroad through illegal means and had been deported from the Maldives after the discovery of the forged documents during their stay there.
The suspects were allegedly in contact with an agent named Arshad who resides in the United Kingdom (UK). They had paid him Rs600,000 for the arrangements related to international travel. The travel arrangements, including the provision of fake passports and boarding passes, had been managed by a local agent from Faisalabad, Muhammad Umair.
The Federal Investigation Agency Faisalabad team also arrested a member of a human trafficking gang that forced people to beg. The suspect, Zahoor Ahmed, was arrested at the Sialkot International Airport on his return from Saudi Arabia.
Initial investigation showed that Zahoor was part of a gang. Other suspected members of the gang include Muhammad Ghafoor and Sharif. The group smuggled innocent people to Saudi Arabia by promising them Umrah and jobs abroad.
Upon reaching Saudi Arabia, the victims were intimidated and deceived into begging and forced labour. The group had recently smuggled five women to Saudi Arabia by promising them Umrah visas and forced them into begging.
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