KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration arrested two men for attempting to travel overseas using fake passports at Jinnah International Airport Karachi.

According to FIA officials, arrested individual named Zeeshan Ahmed was attempting to board on an Iran-bound flight-EK601 but was stopped for luggage inspection, during which two tampered passports were discovered, both bearing names of Zeeshan Ahmed and Ahmed Pervez. Upon further investigation, Ahmed Pervez was also arrested from airport premises, while, during his luggage inspection, fake UK resident card and fake Italian resident card was found by immigration authorities. Preliminary investigations revealed that Pervez played role in facilitating transfer of fake documents.

He was allegedly charging 2,000 euros for each set of fake documents. Both arrested individuals Ahmed and Pervez are based from Gujrat and reportedly obtained fake documents through an agent. Arrested individuals have been handed over to Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Karachi for further legal proceedings.