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FIA arrests six passengers over fake European visas at Islamabad airport

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration arrested 6 passengers from Islamabad Airport to Saudi Arabia in a major operation, here on Sunday.

According to the FIA ​​spokesperson, the arrested persons identified as Rizwan Ali, Mazhar Abbas, Usman Ali, Tanveer Khalid, Fanwat Azim and Yasir Iqbal were going to Saudi Arabia on Umrah visa.

The immigration officer on suspicion checked the luggage of the passengers and recovered fake European visas from the possession of the accused.

The FIA ​​spokesperson said that the accused belong to Gujranwala, Gujarat and Kotli Azad Kashmir.

According to preliminary investigation, the accused were trying to go to Europe from Saudi Arabia using fake visas and other fake travel documents.

FIA further informed that the accused obtained the said visas from various agents for huge sums of money, the accused were transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Islamabad for identification of the agents and further legal action.

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