ISLAMABAD, June 5: Four persons were arrested, who in the guise of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) officers swindled people out of money.

The police got a clue to the gang of impersonators during investigation of a kidnapping case.

In the case two kidnappers gave the details of their accomplices involved in cheating.

The arrest also resulted in the recovery of armed forces uniform and forged service cards.

The team also recovered fake currency notes of three million dollars, which the arrested person prepared with the help of his accomplices.

In response, a team was constituted by SP (Saddar) Mohammad Jameel Hashmi which raided Awan Plaze in G-8 Markaz and arrested the persons.

During the search the raiding team also recovered boxes filled with fake dollar notes, paper used in making dollars, wireless sets, uniform of armed forces, imported seals of US government, and service cards and letterheads of ISI along with chemicals.

Later the arrestees and the recoveries were handed over to police station.

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