B.C. man arrested for allegedly smuggling parts to Pakistan for its missiles, drones and nuclear programs

For a decade and a half, a Surrey businessman used his two-storey home on a tree-lined street in the Vancouver suburb as a clearinghouse for sensitive equipment he helped smuggle out of the United States and into the hands of Pakistan’s government, according to allegations in a recently unsealed U.S. indictment.The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that Mohammad Jawaid Aziz, a dual Pakistani-Canadian citizen, had been charged with violating and conspiring to violate American export laws by procuring “millions of dollars” worth of items for Pakistan so it could develop its nuclear, missile and drone programs from as early as 2003 until March, 2019. The export violations carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.