GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Gujrat circle has arrested five more suspects involved in human trafficking.

An FIA official said human traffickers Muhammad Arfan, Abbas Masih, Ali Ijaz, Imran Loyel and Khurram Sajjad had been arrested during raids in different parts of Gujrat region.

He said these suspects had been accused of minting huge amounts from the innocent citizens for sending them to various foreign countries.

He said passports, photographs and other relevant material were recovered from these suspects during the raids.

Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2023

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