Foreigners caught with fake passports

Foreigners caught with fake passports

JAKARTA (JP): Soekarno-Hatta International Airport immigration
officers have arrested three foreigners for allegedly using false
passports, police said on Sunday.

City police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said the two
German nationals, AH and DS, and an Iraqi citizen, RS, were
caught on Friday night before they boarded the same flight to
Australia.

"They were apprehended after immigration officers checked
their passports and noticed that they were fake," Aritonang said.

During questioning the three confessed to having obtained the
fake passports from Iwan, whom they said claimed to be an
immigration employee, the officer explained.

"We ran a checks on the three foreigners and it transpired
that they have all overstayed their visas. All of them have been
here for more than 60 days," Aritonang said.

The three are currently being held at the city police
headquarters pending further investigation. (edt)