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Human trafficking gang busted, girl recovered

May 25, 2009
PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Sunday busted an international human trafficking gang and recovered a girl sold to an Arab Sheikh for Rs2 million. The officials of the FIA Peshawar were tipped off that a gang would smuggle a young girl of Lala Killay to Dubai where she had been sold to Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah for Rs2 million. During the checking, the authorities held an alleged human trafficker, Sajid Mohammad of Jhelum, along with the brother of the girl, Nadeem. On their pointation, a raid was conducted in Hayatabad to arrest the ringleader, Siddiqullah of Toru village in Mardan. The FIA authorities disclosed that Siddiq had sold the girl to an Arab Sheikh. Several such innocent girls have been sold in Dubai in the past.