PESHAWAR: Nine held at airport

Published June 18, 2003

PESHAWAR, June 17: The immigration cell of Federal Intelligence Agency on Tuesday arrested nine persons at Peshawar airport on the charges of travelling abroad on fake passports and visas.

Officials told Dawn that the nine arrested persons had sailed through motor launches illegally to Dubai for jobs. On Tuesday, they came through PIA flights No PK-634 and PK-212 from Dubai to Peshawar when they were arrested by the immigration authorities at airport.—Bureau

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