PESHAWAR: Impersonator arrested

Published July 14, 2008

PESHAWAR, July 13: The Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) Immigration Cell has arrested an impersonator who was allegedly trying to visit abroad by taking advantage of face resemblance.

An official of the FIA Immigration Cell told this news agency here on Sunday that the accused Feroz Shah, resident of Swat, was intercepted at the airport when he was trying to travel abroad on passport of his brother Habib ur Rehman by taking advantage of face resemblance.

He was offloaded from the flight and handed over to the anti-human trafficking circle for further investigation.—APP

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