Woman held for possessing ‘fake’ passport
Chennai, May 16 (PTI) A 48-year-old woman, who arrived from Kuwait at the airport here, was arrested today for allegedly traveling on a fake passport. The woman, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was found to be in possession of a fake passport by Immigration officials, police said. She was later handed over to the local police, […]
This American’s passport ended up in the hands of smugglers in Turkey
Neher, a recent graduate from the University of Michigan, was wearing a winter jacket. “My passport was in a little pocket that was zipped, underneath a buckle,” he recalls. But when Neher and his girlfriend stopped at a café, he says, “I noticed that the zipper was open and my passport was gone.” He reported the passport stolen to the […]
Birmingham Airport passport pants smuggler jailed
An air steward who tried to smuggle fake passports into the UK by hiding them in his underpants has been jailed for five years. Shaukat Ali Cheema, a senior steward with Pakistan International Airlines, was arrested at Birmingham Airport in March. Dozens of passports and driving licences were found in his underwear. The 59-year-old admitted […]
How An American Tourist Lost His Passport In Istanbul And Was Sucked Into Syria’s War
ISTANBUL — Whoever stole Sam Neher’s passport must have been “pretty crafty,” he thought. It was a December day, and Neher, a 25-year-old medical student at the University of Michigan, was on vacation in Istanbul with his girlfriend. They visited the Hagia Sophia, the historic mosque whose dome defines the city’s skyline, and wandered through […]
Authorities investigate over 1000 Australian passport fraud cases
MORE than 1000 suspected Australian passport fraud cases have been investigated in the past three years and about 100 fake passports have been seized. And tens of thousands more Australian travel documents are being reported lost or stolen every year. The revelations come as the Government wrestles with the fate of scores of Australian passport holders […]
Indian national with fake Pakistani passport arrested
KARACHI (Staff Report) – The law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested an Indian citizen carrying fake Pakistani passport and CNIC from City Station area in Karachi. Muhammad Iqbal came to Pakistan on 90 days visa in 1995 but remained missing till the time of his arrest, according to police officials. An FIR has been registered […]
