A resident from Jaffna was apprehended by Immigration and Emigration Department officials at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) for attempting to leave the country with a forged Polish visa affixed to his Sri Lankan passport.
The individual, who had paid Euro 7,000 for the fake visa, was intercepted at the BIA departure counters while trying to board SriLankan Airlines flight UL 217 bound for Doha, Qatar.
It was reported the passenger admitted to paying Euro 7,000 (over Rs. 2.2 million) to a local agent, who was supposed to transfer the money to another person in Germany to arrange the fake visa. The resident of Kokuvil in Jaffna had received his passport with the forged visa from the local agent.
It was suspected that the passenger intended to take a flight to Doha and then a connecting flight to Warsaw, Poland. The individual has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Unit at BIA for further investigation.
