Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have jointly raided illegal gateway exchange operating in Commercial Area and Defence at Phase-IV in Lahore resultantly arresting two persons, says a press release issued by PTA here on Tuesday.
More than 50 cellular devices along with allied accessories have been recovered from the scene. This raid was conducted on the information obtained through PTA's facility, which detects illegal telecom traffic. The PTA Zonal Office in Lahore was monitoring the illegal activity before the raid.
It may be noted that PTA has launched a campaign against grey traffickers along with monitoring the illegal activities on twenty-four hours basis and adopts different procedures and processes to apprehend the culprits and to prevent losses to the national exchequer being caused by illegal telecom business. The Chairman PTA, Dr Mohammed Yaseen appreciated the joint efforts of PTA and FIA teams and warned all those involved in the illegal telecom business to stop their activities otherwise PTA shall take stern action against them as per the law.-PR