Six persons[/B] were arrested yesterday, members of the police at Paphos and Larnaca airports, to facilitate investigations into five investigated cases of forgery and circulation of forged documents, and one investigated case of impersonation.
Specifically, yesterday afternoon, three suspects, men aged 22, 23, and 24 years old, presented themselves at the departure area of Paphos airport to depart on a flight to a European country. During passport control, they presented to members of the police, passports of a European country, believed to be fake.
A fourth suspect, a man aged 30 years, who also yesterday, presented himself at the departure area of Paphos airport, to depart on a flight to the same European country, during passport control, presented to members of the Police, an identity card, which from the examinations carried out so far is believed to be genuine, however he is not the legal holder. The circumstances under which the identity card came into his possession are being investigated.
The four suspects, third country nationals legally residing in Cyprus, were arrested and detained for the purpose of police investigations, with Paphos CID investigating the four cases.
Two other persons, men aged 18 and 24, were arrested by members of the police at Larnaca airport after they attempted to depart on separate flights to two European countries yesterday afternoon, presenting, during passport control, identity cards of European countries, which are believed to be fake.
The two suspects, third country nationals, one of whom is legally residing in the Republic, while the second was found to have entered and is in the Republic illegally, were detained for the purposes of police investigations, with the Larnaca CID investigating the two cases.
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