Rawalpindi: A quantity of foreign currency was found in the Jhelum area of Rawalpindi during a crackdown on currency smugglers and hoarders by FIA and law enforcement agencies.
Sources claimed that after identifying the accused, other law enforcement agencies, including the FIA, conducted a raid in Rawalpindi's Jhelum area, where millions of dollars, pounds and riyals and Pakistani rupees were recovered from H&H and Hameed Currency Exchange. . 8 people were arrested.
The raid was led by FIA deputy director Jair Nasrani and sub-inspector Gohar Shah and others. Sources say that so far more than forty crore rupees of local and foreign currency have been recovered from the digital cache, while billions of rupees of local and foreign currency have been found hidden in the square.
According to the sources, the money is hidden in digital safes on the walls and floor of the square, if more digital safes are opened the amount will be calculated.
On the other hand, the owner of the square and the money arrived with legal documents and tried to satisfy the raiding party. After which the cutters who ordered to cut the digital vault returned again.
According to reports, there was a bitter dispute between the FIA and the mall owner over the money coming from the private mall's Rawalpindi Square. The owner of the square said that the money received should be kept here, while the FIA officials said that we will take the money with us.
The FIA then called the police for help.