The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Tuesday that it has arrested three persons allegedly involved in illegal business of Hawala and Hundi-transfer of money abroad through illegal channels. An FIA official said the Agency in the ongoing drive against human smugglers and Hawala and Hundi conducted a raid in Lahore and arrested three persons namely Asif, Mehtab and Waqas from their business outlets.

He said the Agency also recovered computers, cheque books and other documents and cash of Rs 2.233 million from their possession. The FIA registered a case against the three accused and started investigation.

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