Pakistan, Oct. 4 -- QUETTA - The Federal Investigation (FIA) has arrested four individuals allegedly involved in illegal hawala/hundi and currency exchange operations during raids conducted in Quetta and Gwadar.

According to FIA officials, the operation was carried out by the 's Commercial Banking Circle in Quetta and Composite Circle in Gwadar after receiving intelligence about illicit money transfer and exchange activities.

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The arrested suspects were identified as Haji Sharif, Abdul Rehman, Riaz, and Nazeer Ahmed. During the raids, FIA teams recovered 1,072 US dollars, 5,770 afghanis, 2,485 Turkish lira, 900,000 Indochina rupees, 5.3 million Iranian rials, and 2.7 mill...