A 25-year-old woman was detained for impersonation and forgery at Paphos airport during her departure for Belgium.
According to Pafos Assistant Police Director Michael Ioannou, yesterday at 12:00 a member of the passport control centre at Pafos Airport, while conducting a passport check at the departures area, a woman of African origin presented herself with the intention of departing for Belgium.
The woman, Mr. Ioannou continued, presented a French passport in the name of a 19-year-old woman, which upon inspection was found to be genuine, but the person depicted on the passport. It did not resemble the face of the girl who was holding it.
Interrogated in her native language , the suspect allegedly admitted that her real details were different, that she was a 25-year-old of Congolese origin.
A subsequent check of her details revealed that she was in Cyprus legally, as an applicant for political asylum and that her application was still under examination. As a result, she was arrested and detained for the case of impersonation and forgery.
Investigations are ongoing by the Paphos Police.
Source: CNA
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