FAISALABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration arrested a family going to Saudi Arabia for the purpose of begging while taking action at Faisalabad Airport.
The FIA spokesman said that among the arrested suspects are Minwar Hussain and Shafia Bibi, the accused were going to Saudi Arabia with their daughter.
The spokesman said that the accused kept traveling to Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia for the purpose of begging, while the accused were also offloaded from Lahore Airport last month.
The FIA said the accused failed to provide solid sources of income and could not provide satisfactory answers regarding expenses incurred on several foreign trips.
Officials said that there was no record of the accused in the FBR regarding the tax return and the accused did not have the return ticket and hotel booking.
The accused were referred to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Faisal for further legal action. Abad has been shifted and further investigation is going on.
It should be remembered that last month, FIA Immigration arrested 11 passengers for begging under the guise of Umrah while conducting operations at Karachi Airport.
FIA had said that 11 passengers including 8 women were offloaded, the accused were going to Saudi Arabia on Umrah visa, the return tickets and hotel bookings offered by the accused also turned out to be fake.
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Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) foiled a human trafficking attempt and offloaded more than a dozen passengers from a plane bound for Saudi Arabia.
According to FIA officials, 15 passengers on the plane were offloaded to go to Saudi Arabia. Upon investigation, the passengers said that they were going to Spain from Saudi Arabia.
