Summary All the courses offered to Sindh Police in association with US were halted temporarily.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – United States (US) officials on Thursday delayed all training courses offered to Sindh Police over the arrest of American intelligence agency Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) agent Joel Cox, Dunya News reported.
According to sources, US halted the ongoing training courses offered to the Sindh Police as retaliation over the arrest of FBI agent.
Reportedly, the training courses in association with the US were for bomb disposal squad and police training.
Dunya News sources said that Sindh Police was not told the reasons of suspension of the courses. All the courses are halted temporarily.
Earlier, Police released United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Joel Cox – who was arrested on Monday from Karachi – upon orders from court on Thursday. The court set the bail at bonds worth 10 lakh which was submitted by the defendant, Dunya News reported.
According to reports, Cox was released following court orders after the set bail bonds were deposited by the defendant on Thursday.
Cox was escorted from back door of artillery police station.
Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) completed its inquiry over the matter of detained US FBI agent.
Dunya News had already reported on Wednesday evening that Cox was granted bail.
US federal agent Cox was taken into custody from Karachi airport and US authorities had confirmed that Cox was appointed from Miami state’s field office.
Reportedly, agent Cox was here on 3 month to train Pakistani police. American authorities maintain that Cox was not armed during travel and that the bullets were recovered from his luggage.
