Two arrested at Paphos airport with fake ID

Paphos police on Sunday arrested two people for attempting to leave from Paphos airport with false travel documents.

According to police, one was a woman bound for Vienna, Austria who arrived at the departures desk with a French identity card which was genuine but whose photo depicted a different person.

When questioned, she confessed to the police her true details, that she is a 31-year-old political asylum seeker, originally from an African country, and that the identity card was not hers.

The woman was subsequently arrested for impersonation and taken into custody.

Shortly later, a man presented himself bound for Toulouse, France, also with a French ID, which appeared to be genuine but whose photo also showed a different person.

When questioned, he admitted to being a 31-year-old political asylum seeker, and told police that the identity card did not belong to him.

He was also arrested and taken into custody.