Five Saudi-bound passengers to beg under guise of Umrah arrested

Karachi: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration arrested five passengers who were going to Saudi Arabia to beg under the guise of Umrah.

According to the spokesperson of FIA, eight passengers were arrested from Karachi in two different operations on charges of embezzlement and traveling on fake documents.

FIA officials stated that in the first operation, five passengers traveling to Saudi Arabia under the guise of Umrah were arrested.

According to the spokesman, the accused were going to Saudi Arabia to beg and now have been transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Karachi for further legal action.

According to FIA officials, in another operation, three passengers traveling with fake documents to Azerbaijan on study visas were arrested. The accused have been transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Karachi for further legal action.