FIA arrests human smuggling group linked to Turbat incident

F.P. Report

GUJRANWALA: At least seven suspected human smugglers were arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday in a raid conducted in Sadoke area of the city, suspected to be involved in smuggling of people whose bodies were found in Turbat last week.

The sources told that the arrested suspects were hailing from Balochistan. The FIA team also recovered 142 Pakistan passports, latest electronic machines and various other documents from the possession of the arrested persons.

Deputy Director of FIA, Khalid Anis told media that the suspects were involved in smuggling of people via Iraq, Iran and Pakistan to Europe.

The main accused, Husnain, was found to be in contact with a wanted suspect, Akhtar Meo, involved in the Turbat killing incident.

In a separate operation in Gujrat, the FIA arrested a facilitator of Sohail Shakeel, another suspect in the incident who was nabbed a day earlier from the city.

Authorities have made a number of arrests in Quetta and parts of Punjab after the Turbat incident in which 15 bullet riddled bodies were found.

Two days later, five more bodies were found in the same tehsil at a short distance from the same spot.