FIA Faisalabad major crackdown: Proclaimed offender wanted in hundi, hawala, and financial crimes arrested from Rawalpindi after 5 years

Faisalabad 9 Oct (DIGITAL ITLA): In a major breakthrough, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Faisalabad Zone successfully apprehended an absconding proclaimed offender wanted in multiple cases of hundi, hawala, money laundering, illegal foreign currency exchange, and unauthorized telegraphic transfers (T.Ts).

Under the directives of Director FIA Faisalabad Zone Saqib Sultan and the supervision of Deputy Director Tariq Mahmood, an FIA team led by SHO Ajmal Hussain conducted a targeted intelligence-based raid in Faisal Town, Rawalpindi, arresting the fugitive Qaiser Mahmood, son of Muhammad Rafiq, a resident of Muslim Town, Sargodha Road, Faisalabad. According to investigators, the suspect had been deliberately evading arrest and hiding his identity in Rawalpindi for nearly five years.

In total, the arrested individual was wanted in 10 different criminal cases across federal and local jurisdictions. FIA authorities confirmed that further legal proceedings and intensive interrogation are underway.