Caught red-handed: FIA detains six for travelling on forged documents

FIA arrests human trafficker from airport.

LAHORE:

The Federal Investigation Agency on Monday foiled an attempt by six people to travel abroad on forged documents and claimed to have arrested a man wanted for human trafficking.

FIA officials said the names of the six people were present on the blacklist.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, FIA Punjab Director Usman Anwar said Khalil Ahmed was arrested by FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Lahore. He said Ahmed was a proclaimed offender in three cases and a court absconder in three cases.

Separately, FIA Lahore immigration officials claimed to have arrested six people trying to travel abroad on forged documents.

Their names had been placed on the blacklist as they had been involved in several cases and were suspected of carrying out suspicious activities.

They said Saqib Rafiq, a passenger, was intercepted while trying to travel to Saudi Arabia on flight SV 729. They said Nauman Sanaullah, another passenger, was intercepted while trying to travel to Saudi Arabia on flight PK 760. They said the men had been sent to FIA’s Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Lahore.

They said Altaf Khan, a resident of Toba Tek Singh, was trying to travel to Uganda on flight EK 623 when he was intercepted and off-loaded. They said Qaiser, a resident of Gujrat, was trying to travel to Malaysia on flight EK 625 when he was intercepted and off-loaded. They said the men had been sent to FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Lahore.

FIA Punjab Director Usman Anwar said another two passengers had been detained after immigration officials inspected their documents and found them.

Anwar said Muhammad Afzal, a passenger, had arrived at Sialkot from Saudi Arabia on EK 620. Anwar said he was travelling on a forged passport.

Anwar said Abdul Qayyum, another passenger, had arrived from Dubai and was detained by immigration officials for possessing a forged Spanish residency card. Anwer said both men had been sent to FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Gujranwala.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3^rd, 2014.