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FIA arrests human trafficker

By our correspondents
March 30, 2017

The Sindh Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday apprehended an alleged human smuggler.

An spokesman for the FIA said a travel agent, Ashraf Ali Siddiqui, was arrested after a deportee, Waseem Ahmed, was taken into custody for a probe. 

Ahmed told the FIA that his travel agent had demanded Rs1,700,000 to send him to Canada for permanent settlement.

Ahmed said he had handed over Rs250,000 to Siddiqui as advance payment, while the remaining money was supposed to be paid on reaching Canada.