Tried to travel on fake passports – Four handcuffed

Shortly after 5.00:XNUMX yesterday afternoon, three persons, two men and one woman, presented themselves at the departures area at Larnaca airport, intending to travel to a European country, who, during the inspection of their travel documents, presented themselves to members of the Police, identity cards of the same European country. During the check, suspicions were raised that the three of them are not the rightful owners of the identity cards they presented. After being interrogated, they admitted that the identity cards they presented did not belong to them and after their real information was verified, they were arrested for the self-inflicted crime of impersonation.

Further investigations by members of the Police followed, from which evidence emerged against a fourth person, who had arrived at the airport by bus with the three suspects. The suspect, a 34-year-old man, a citizen of a third country, who is legally in Cyprus, was located at the baggage weighing area at the airport and was checked by members of the Police. During the check, he stated that he had arrived at the airport together with his sister, who had just earlier been arrested by members of the Police. Their intention, as he stated, was to depart on a flight to a European country, while he claimed that the identity card and the travel ticket that his sister had in her possession, had been procured through postal delivery.

Against the 34-year-old, as against the other three suspects, the woman aged 23 and the two men aged 23 and 28, nationals of a third country, who were legally in Cyprus, judicial arrest warrants were issued, pursuant to which they were arrested and placed under detention, for police examination purposes.

The TAE Larnaca investigates cases of the commission of the offenses of impersonation, assisting the illegal entry, transit and stay on the territory of the Republic, and conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor.