From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: Five Pakistanis who worked in Israel for up to seven years were ar-rested by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) crime circle in Mirpur Khas for illegally migrating to Israel.
The arrested suspects are among the eight Pakistanis booked in five cases un-der the sections of the Passport Act 1974 and the Emigration Ordinance 1979.
Raids for the arrest of the remaining suspects are being made. As per details, the suspects illegally migrated to Israel by traveling through dif-ferent countries like Turkey, Kenya, and Sri Lanka, and found employment there.
They entered Israel on a European visa through Jordan, with the help of an Is-raeli agent, with each of them paying Rs300,000 to Rs400,000.
The arrested suspects, identified as Noman Siddiqui, Kamil Noor, Kamran Sid-diqui, Mohammad Zeeshan and Mohammad Anwer, worked as helpers and car washers in Tel Aviv for four to seven years.
They used to send money back to their families in Pakistan through Western Union.
The suspects used to visit Pakistan on a connecting flight from Jordan and Dubai to Karachi airport.