Central Jakarta Immigration Office arrests Pakistani national for passport forgery
Jakarta — The Central Jakarta Immigration Office (Class I Non-TPI) has arrested a 28-year-old Pakistani national identified as NUD for visa violations and involvement in a counterfeit passport operation.
According to Muhammad Iqbal, Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Office, the case began with suspicions raised by customs authorities at Soekarno-Hatta Airport. A package was intercepted containing three forged passports from Ukraine and Pakistan.
“Following coordination, we discovered that the address for the package containing the forged passports was located in an apartment in Central Jakarta, which is why we conducted the operation,” Iqbal stated.
During the raid on the apartment, authorities apprehended NUD and discovered that the suspect was also in violation of residency permit regulations. At the time of arrest, officers also seized four mobile phones, one laptop, ten foreign country stamps, cardboard boxes, and shipping materials.
Iqbal noted that initially NUD attempted to mislead officers, but the team’s determination ultimately resulted in the suspect being apprehended and secured. “During the apprehension, several pieces of evidence were discovered,” he said.
Regional Head of the Directorate General of Immigration for Jakarta (DKI), Pamuji Raharja, described the case as a successful collaborative effort between customs at Soekarno-Hatta Airport and the Directorate General of Immigration, executed by the Central Jakarta Immigration Office.
“The success of this case disclosure is certainly the result of good cross-sector collaboration, and this effort must be maintained,” Raharja stated.
Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Supervision and Enforcement Section (Wasdakim), Yudhistira, revealed that according to the suspect’s confession, the three forged passports were sent from Greece. NUD also produced country stamps to allow the three forged passports to receive stamps from various nations.
“Passports become more credible when they have numerous stamps, making it appear as though the passport holder has travelled to various countries,” Yudhistira explained.