The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday arrested five human smugglers involved in separate cases.According to the FIA's spokesperson Abdul Ghafoor, Sajjad Hussain, Tanveer Akhtar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Bilal, and Ahsan Shabir were apprehended from various locations in Faisalabad and Sargodha.The spokesperson said that Sajjad Hussain was involved in human smuggling.

He extorted Rs 2 million from a man. Muhammad Shahbaz collected Rs 6.5 million from a complainant, promising to send them to Serbia. Tanveer Akhtar received Rs 1.23 crore from a citizen, promising to send them to the UK. Muhammad Bilal and Ahsan Shabir were involved in tampering with checks worth Rs 4 million.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)