15 deported from Turkey in Wazirabad

Published November 26, 2005

GUJRANWALA, Nov 25: Some 15 youths deported from Turkey reached Wazirabad on Friday A human smuggler sent them to Greece, but they were arrested by the border security in Turkey and were later deported to Pakistan.

The deportees revealed that the agent had received Rs500,000 each for sending them to Greece through Iran and Turkey. They said that their agent disappeared when they were arrested in Turkey.

They pointed out that about two dozen more Pakistani youths were already deported some one week back from Turkey. They demanded that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) should arrest the human smuggler immediately and retrieve their money.

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