Five UK-bound passengers held with fake passports

20 Jan, 2010

The Federal Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested five passengers having fake British passports, at Benazir International Airport before they boarded a Manchester bound flight.
According to an official of FIA, a British businessman and frequent visitor to Pakistan, tried to take four other passengers Fazal-e-Haq, Zia-ul-Haq, Muhammad Usman and Imran Asghar, all from Peshawar, on fake British passports, to Manchester on the Air Blue ED 220 flight. The sources said five persons were detained due to their alleged involvement in terrorism-related activities. All five passengers have been shifted to FIA Cell for further investigation.

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