U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan’s atomic bomb program | Unpublished
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Author: Chuck Chiang
Publication Date: March 31, 2025 - 18:26

U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan’s atomic bomb program

March 31, 2025
U.S. authorities have arrested a 67-year-old man from Surrey, B.C., accusing him of smuggling banned goods to Pakistan’s military and its nuclear weapons program over more than 15 years.The U.S. Department of Justice said in a Friday news release that Mohammad Jawaid Aziz was arrested trying to cross into the United States from British Columbia on March 21.The department said Aziz, also known as Jawaid Aziz Siddiqui and Jay Siddiqui, smuggled “millions of dollars” worth of export-controlled items from the United States to Pakistan, including industrial workstations, a thermal conductivity unit and a centrifugal pump.


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