Three illegal gateway exchanges busted in Mansehra.

MANSEHRA -- Three illegal gateway exchanges have been busted during joint raids conducted by the officials of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Mansehra, media reported on Friday.

The raids were conducted separately in Haroonabad and College Doraha neighbourhoods of Mansehra, said PTA spokesperson. Three illegal gateway exchanges were busted in the raids while the officials seized four mobile handsets, three laptops, two modems and a broadband device.

A man was also held by the officials over charges of running the illegal gateway exchange, the spokesperson added.

Earlier in October, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials had arrested three people including an owner of a mobile operator franchise for stealing sensitive data of citizens from the official database of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in Gujranwala.

The arrests were made during a raid carried out by the agency's team at a mobile phone franchise located in Rahwali area of the city where...