Passenger travelling with suspicious documents offloaded

KARACHI:

The FIA Immigration on Thursday foiled an attempt to illegally travel to Spain via Morocco and offloaded a passenger at Jinnah International Airport.

According to the FIA spokesperson, immigration officials intercepted a passenger, identified as Faisal Murad, a resident of Swat, during clearance for a Morocco-bound flight on a visit visa. During examination of his travel documents and mobile phone, officials found incriminating evidence.

The suspect confessed to having contacts with an agent, identified as Bahadur Khan of Peshawar, who allegedly demanded Rs3 million to facilitate the illegal journey.

Officials said the passenger failed to justify the purpose of his visit and did not possess hotel booking or sufficient financial resources to support his stay abroad.

Earlier, the FIA Immigration foiled an attempt to smuggle a child abroad after taking notice of a video circulating on social media, it transpired on Thursday.

According to an FIA spokesperson, the incident took place in 2025, when a woman passenger, Kiran Sohail, was travelling to Mozambique along with her family.

During immigration clearance, officials stopped the passenger after detecting discrepancies in her travel documents. Further scrutiny revealed that a minor accompanying her was not biologically related to the woman.