A fake football team from Sialkot tried to make it all the way to Japan, but the journey ended with everyone getting deported.

According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), a fake football team of 22 people managed to travel to Japan from the Sialkot Airport. However, once the documents were found to be fake, Japanese authorities deported all of them.

The main suspect, identified as Malik Waqas, has been arrested and a case has been registered against him at FIA Gujranwala police station.

Investigators said the accused registered a football club under the name “Golden Football Trial”. He trained the group to act like players and collected Rs4 million from each member to take them to Japan.

Further investigation is underway.