(CNN) -- A German national wearing a burqa was taken into custody by Pakistani security forces while trying to escape from a security check post in northwestern Pakistan, a government official told CNN Tuesday.
The German, two local tribesmen and a six-year-old girl were traveling in a car from Mir Ali, North Waziristan, to Bannu, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday, said Zahir Shah, a senior government official in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Shah said the German was attempting to deceive security forces by giving the impression a tribal family was traveling in the car.
The German was wearing a full-body sewing cloth that Muslim women wear for cultural and religious reasons. He also was carrying the girl. He was sitting in the front seat of the car while two other local tribesmen were sitting in the back seat.
Security forces at the check post of the Bannu district examined the car and detained the German and the tribesmen.
