Three Sri Lankans detained in India with fake passports

06 Apr, 2017

Three Sri Lankan nationals have been arrested in Chennai, for attempting to fly out of the country?allegedly using fake Indian passports, the Press Trust of India reported.

The trio had arrived from Tiruchirappalli and were on?their way to Ireland via Dubai, when immigration officials?grew suspicious and detained them for inquiry, police said.

During interrogation, the men, all in their early 30s,?confessed that they were Sri Lankan nationals and had acquired?fake passports, police said, adding, they were subsequently?arrested.

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