QUETTA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a man in Quetta for pretending to be one of its own officers.
Act on a tip-off, a team from the FIA’s Anti-Corruption and Anti-Human Trafficking units carried out a raid near the Deputy Commissioner’s Office. They detained Basheer Ahmed, who was allegedly masquerading as an FIA Assistant Director to carry out fraudulent acts.
During the arrest, officers seized evidence from the suspect, including a forged appointment letter, fake documents, and two mobile phones. They also recovered Pakistani and Afghan passports, two bank cards, and a 9mm pistol.
According to an FIA spokesperson, the accused is believed to have extorted money from various government offices by using his fake identity. Ahmed has now been transferred to the FIA’s Anti-Corruption Circle in Quetta for further inquiry into his activities.
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The FIA Immigration has foiled separate attempts to travel abroad using fake documents at Islamabad and Quetta airports, arresting four individuals, including a woman.
The Rawalpindi Immigration staff offloaded three passengers identified as Salman Khan, Badshah Khan, and a woman named Armaghan Balkhi for presenting forged travel documents.
In this regard, Salman Khan, a resident of Swat, was traveling to Saudi Arabia on flight PF-718 for Umrah. The passport carried a fake Serbian visa.
Badshah Khan, from Dir, was attempting to travel to Bahrain on flight PK-187 using a visit visa.
Furthermore, the investigations revealed that Badshah Khan had previously traveled to Azerbaijan and Libya in 2023, and was deported earlier this year after being detained while attempting to enter Europe illegally.
The third suspect, Armaghan Balkhi, who hails from Afghanistan, was traveling to France on flight PK-749.
Moreover, her Swiss residence card was found to be fake. The three suspects were handed over to the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Islamabad for further legal proceedings.
On the other hand, the separate operation at Quetta Airport, FIA Immigration officials foiled an attempt to travel to Azerbaijan using forged documents.
