Two human smugglers arrested

Published December 5, 2006

GUJRANWALA, Dec 4: Two more human smugglers were arrested by a raiding party of the Federal Investigation Agency here on Monday. Reports said Abbas Sarfraz and Mubasher of Naushera Virkan were wanted by the agency in many cases of sending people to Greece through Iran-Turkey border. The accused also extorted Rs1 million from Haji Saifullah for the purpose. On a tip-off, an FIA team arrested them.

FIA additional director Naeem Akram Bharoka and deputy director Aqeel Qureshi claimed that 70 per cent human smugglers had been arrested so far.

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