LAHORE: Authorities at the Allama Iqbal International Airport on Tuesday arrested three passengers for trying to smuggle $60,000 to Saudi Arabia.

According to officials, three passengers were to board a Saudi Arabia-bound flight when during checking an amount of $60,000 was recovered from their luggage.

A case has been registered against them.

Meanwhile, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a man for his alleged involvement in illegal currency business in Dera Ghazi Khan.

According to a spokesperson, suspect Abdul Sattar was running a business of hawala and hundi.

The FIA recovered Rs5.7m and 2,900 Saudi riyals from his possession.

A case has been registered against him under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947.

The FIA recently launched a campaign against those involved in illegal currency business and its smuggling.

The Lahore division FIA launched a crackdown on the persons involved in illegal currency business and arrested 50 suspects during this month. It nabbed the suspects from different parts of Lahore, Gujranwala and Gujrat and recovered a huge amount of foreign and local currency from them.

“The action against those involved in illegal currency business – hawala and hundi – has served as deterrence to the practice. It will also encourage the people to send remittances through a legal channel – banking,” FIA Lahore Director Sarfraz Virk had told Dawn.

Meanwhile, the FIA arrested three people for uploading objectionable pictures of women on social media in Gujranwala.

According to a spokesperson for the FIA cyber crime, suspects Nabil Hussain, Adeel Hussain and Amjad Afzal shared objectionable pictures of three women on social media.

A case has been registered against them under PECA Act.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2022