Kenyan arrested with allegedly fake passport, pharmaceuticals
PHUKET: A Kenyan national was arrested at Phuket International Airport on Saturday night for carrying an extensive amount of pharmaceuticals and an allegedly fake passport. Josphat Gikundi Gichunuku, 35, entered Thailand via a flight from Dubai, confirmed Phuket Tourist Police Chief Urumporn Koondejsumrit. “As Mr Gichunuku proceeded through the immigration queue, the officer checking his […]
Illegal immigrant used false passport to work at Leicester factory
An illegal immigrant caught working at a city factory obtained the job using a false passport, a court heard. Kuljit Singh, who was given accommodation with the job, at Euro Dyes Ltd, Saffron Lane, also obtained a UK driving licence and a National Insurance card in his name. He pleaded guilty to possessing the false […]
Visitor jailed over forging passport stamps
Customs inspector caught defendant at airport carrying 9 forged Moroccan and Saudi passports A visitor was sentenced to three months in jail for forging entry and exit stamps on seven Moroccan passports and two Saudi passports. The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the 20-year-old Pakistani defendant, M.W., of forgery. The defendant denied the charge, […]
Guinean Admits Paying US$500 to Obtain Fake US Passport
A Guinean national, who was arrested at the Roberts International Airport (RIA) after trying to use a fake US passport bearing the number 504690751 to enter the country yesterday, appeared at the Monrovia City Court to answer to his multiple charges. Sarul Kromah, 28, according to the story, paid US$500 to a person only identified […]
‘Illegal’ immigrant medic faked passport for job at curry house
ILLEGAL immigrant Muhammed Jahangir faces being deported after being caught with a fake passport he used to find a job. The 28-year-old, who previously worked as a medic in Pakistan, had arrived to the UK with a student visa. Stoke-on-Trent Crown heard Jahangir then obtained a false passport after he submitted an out-of-date application to […]
French airport police wrongly detain 6-year-old girl in fake passport crackdown
Paris airport police held a 6-year-old French girl for three days on suspicion she had a fake passport — until a judge ordered her released into her mother’s arms, a lawyer said Friday. Authorities insist that police were just doing their jobs to protect children from trafficking, but the case has caused indignation in France […]
