In the arrest of two persons who presented themselves at Paphos airport to travel to a foreign country, members of the Police, in connection with a case of impersonation and conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour.
Specifically, shortly after 7:00 last night, a 27-year-old man, a third country national, who resides legally in Cyprus, presented himself at Paphos airport, with the intention of travelling to another European country. During passport control by members of the police, the 27-year-old presented an identity card of another European country, however suspicions were raised that the photograph on the identity card was of another man. Further examination of the identity card followed and it was found to be genuine, however when questioned the 27 year old man gave his true identity.
At the passport control point, a second man, aged 65, a third country national, presented himself at around 7:15 in the evening, intending to travel to the same European country, who, according to information obtained, had earlier been at Paphos airport, together with the 27-year-old suspect.
The travel documents presented by the 65-year-old man were checked by members of the police and found to be genuine, however he interrogated stated that the identity card held by the 27-year-old man belonged to his son, aged 35, who is in a European country where he resides. He denied any connection with the 27-year-old, claiming ignorance as to how his son's identity card came into the 27-year-old's possession.
For the purposes of police investigations, warrants were issued for the arrest of the two suspects, who were arrested at around 11:00pm and taken into custody, with Paphos CID continuing their investigations.
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