Two bank robbers wanted by FBI arrested in Lahore.

Byline: Asif Chaudhry

LAHORE -- The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Lahore police arrested two international gangsters wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), USA in a robbery case.

Pakistani citizens, Waqar Ghumman and Mohsin Zameer, were arrested from Lahore when they were stealing money from the ATM of a bank in Bahria Town. Mohsin was an IT expert while Waqar a driver in the US.

The USA had announced head money for their arrest on the recommendations of the FBI, a principal federal law enforcement agency of America.

FIA Lahore Director Abdul Rab said both the alleged criminals managed to flee the US after the FIA issued their arrest warrants one-and-a-half years back and went underground in Pakistan. The FBI had uploaded the criminal record of the both the accused on national and international websites to seek help for their arrest.

'Waqar Ghumman and Mohsin Zameer are wanted for their alleged involvement in an armed bank robbery, which occurred on Jan 8, 2016 in Tonawanda, New York,' he said while reading an international alert notice of the FBI.

The FIA director further shared details of their crime in the US, saying that both were carrying pistols as they forced their entry into the bank, aimed weapons on the customers and employees and issued them threats.

He said Ghumman had allegedly jumped the counter and demanded that the teller drawers be opened and emptied into a bag. He also ordered the bank manager to open the vault. After receiving money from the vault, Ghumman and Zameer exited the bank, further reads the FBI notice.

'On Feb 14, 2017, federal arrest warrants were issued for both Ghumman and Zameer in the United States District Court, Western District of New York, after they were charged with robbery, entering a bank with intent to commit a larceny and bank larceny,' the FIA...