Possession and manufacture of false identification documents.
With these accusations, agents of the Border Police Office arrested a Syrian citizen at the Elmas airport.
During the checks of passengers departing for Dublin, further checks on the French identity card shown by the Syrian discovered that the document was entered in the Borders database as to be searched.
The 36-year-old man said he bought it in Greece for 50 euros. At the end of the investigations he was arrested and sentenced to 18 months on probation.
The case is now being examined by the police officers of the Immigration and Foreigners Office of the Police Headquarters.
(Unioneonline/D)
