GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested at least four human traffickers during different raids.

Official sources said the raids had been conducted on the special directions of Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

They said the FIA teams had raided various areas of Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin districts to arrest the traffickers.

The arrested include Aslam, Adnan, Nazeer and Javed who were wanted to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in different cases of fake visas and illegal human trafficking from the region.

The Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin regions are known for the trend of illegal human trafficking as around nine youths of the area had earlier been killed in Noshki (Balochistan) firing by the armed men of Baloch Liberation Army.

The deceased youngsters were travelling to Iran on valid visas but they had plan to further travel towards Turkey and some European destination after their families had paid a Gujranwala-based agent a sum of Rs260,000 as an initial amouny and rest of the money was to be paid by them after reaching the destinations.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2024