Two held for smuggling foreign currency worth Rs100m at Karachi airport

KARACHI: Two suspects were arrested on Friday from Karachi airport for allegedly smuggling foreign currency worth Rs100.90 million

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Corruption Cell arrested two suspects, identified as Irfan Ahmed and Zeeshan Haider, during an operation at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

According to the FIA, Irfan is an employee of a company which deals with foreign currency exchange while Zeeshan works for a private airline.

Zeeshan was helping Irfan smuggle currency to Dubai, said the FIA.

The currency was seized from the suspect and a case has also been registered.