FIA accelerates crackdown on currency smugglers

The Federal Investigation Agency has accelerated its crackdown against the smuggling of foreign currency, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

The Peshawar zone ranks first in the crackdown against Hawala/Hundi.

During the last 20 days, as many as 27 actions have been taken against the Hundi references.

During the crackdown, the FIA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa zone arrested 28 accused and recovered more than Rs102 million from the accused.

The FIA took the mobile phones of the accused and sent them for forensics.

Cases were registered against all the accused under currency smuggling.

The investigators are expecting to unearth more networks during the investigation.

Meanwhile, the FIA staff has conducted a number of raids in different areas of Karachi and seized mobile phones and 35,000 dollars from the accused.

Reporters Tayyab Saif and Sharukh Shah