PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s commercial banking circle on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly running an illegal money exchange in the provincial capital here.

FIA officials said that apart from running an illegal money exchange, the accused person, namely Ibrahim, was also allegedly involved in hundi-hawala business. He was arrested in a raid carried out at a trade centre in the provincial metropolis.

The officials stated that Rs1 million were recovered from the accused person as he failed to explain the origin of the amount. The officials added that hundi-hawala receipts were also recovered from his possession.

“The raiding team confiscated the accused person’s cell phone and registered a case against him,” a senior FIA official told Dawn.

On Saturday, FIA officials had arrested one person for allegedly preparing

forged Afghan documents. “A raid was carried out on a shop in Qissa Khwani Bazaar, where Afghan national, Shah Mohammad Khan, was arrested for allegedly making fake Afghan identity cards, marriage and birth certificates,” a senior FIA official said, adding that Afghan documents and fake stamps were recovered from the shop.

The official said that the raiding party also confiscated computers, printers and stamping machine from the outlet.

A case was registered against the accused.

Published in Dawn, July 24th, 2023