Four held for cyber crime

Published
0

LAHORE, May 15: Organised Crime (CIA) police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested four people, including two Italian nationals, involved in cyber crime and three proclaimed offenders.

According to a handout, a CIA police team took Rafique, Yousaf, Farhan and Khurram Shahzad into custody in connection with cyber crime and handed them over to the Federal Investigation Agency.

Two of them carry Italian passports and have committed offences in Italy like making fake credit cards.

During preliminary interrogation, the suspects have confessed to committing fraud worth Rs4 million.

Another CIA team nabbed proclaimed offender Riasat Ali for a triple murder in Begum Kot, Shahdara. He was carrying Rs200,000 head money. Police also seized a weapon from the accused.

Another CIA team tracked down and arrested offenders Yaqoob and Ishaq who were wanted in a murder case in Sargodha and were fleeing Dubai from Lahore airport.

Police detained three members of Aslam gang involved in robberies and police encounters and seized from them Rs132,000, four cell phones and illegal weapons.

Opinion

Editorial

Expanding conflict
31 Jul, 2026

Expanding conflict

WITH neither of the belligerents willing to back down, and the theatre of conflict expanding geographically, the...
Spoils and spats
31 Jul, 2026

Spoils and spats

A FIGHT over assembly seats in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has laid bare what seem to be some deep resentments between ...
Unfair tax system
31 Jul, 2026

Unfair tax system

THE disclosure that the FBR collected nearly Rs1.9tr in sales and income taxes through electricity bills over the...
Debt that stays
30 Jul, 2026

Debt that stays

THE power sector’s circular debt grew by Rs61bn in the last fiscal year, taking the total to roughly Rs1.67tr from...
HIV warning
30 Jul, 2026

HIV warning

THE HIV infections detected around two SESSI-run hospitals in Karachi demand far more than another hurried committee...
End trafficking
30 Jul, 2026

End trafficking

MODERN slavery, in the form of human trafficking, is among the state’s gravest failures. Scores of Pakistanis are...