UAE | Crime

Police bust gang forging passports

An Indian gang which specialised in forging passports were busted by police yesterday aftr they were caught in the middle of the transaction.

  • By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
  • Published: 00:44 July 11, 2008
  • Gulf News

Sharjah: An Indian gang which specialised in forging passports were busted by police yesterday aftr they were caught in the middle of the transaction.

Sharjah Police said they received a tip-off that a suspect was selling forged passports for Dh3,000.

In cooperation with the Criminal Investigation Department, police managed to arrest the suspect while he was selling a forged passport.

Pirated DVDs

During the interrogation the suspect, A.A.K, confessed to working with two other accomplices, who were identified as B.A.Q and M.K.A. The gang, all of Indian origin, arrived to the country on visit visas and shortly afterwards started producing forged passports and pirated DVDs in their residence at Al Nabba'a district.

More than 850 pirated DVD movies and numerous photographs were confiscated when police raided the gang's residence, including three DVD copiers, printers, scanners and passports.

An official at Sharjah Police said that the gang used to make the forged passports by cutting out the picture of the passport holder, and then replacing it with the picture of another person, in addition to changing the passport's information. The case has been referred to the Sharjah Public Prosecution.

  • Rate this article
  • Average reader rating (5 votes) 0 Stars
Tools

Emailing an article to friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well any personal message you choose to send.

The information you provide on this page will not be used to send unsolicited emails.

This service is not intended to encourage spam, and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter personal details of another individual.

Share this article

More from UAE Crime

  1. Ministry of Health sacks employees for forgery

  2. Court acquits maid of theft charge

  3. Teenager jailed after having sex with minor

  4. Transit passenger jailed for drug smuggling

All articles in Crime

More from UAE

Gulf News
Popular in UAE
Readers' pictures
Your pictures

Readers' pictures

A Selection of the best Gulf News reader pictures this week

Latest news