A man was arrested after presenting a counterfeit French identify card at passport control at Larnaca airport, police announced on Monday.

The incident took place at around 3.35pm on Sunday, when the man attempted to pass through passport control to board a flight departing for Paris later that afternoon.

Suspicions were raised regarding the authenticity of the document, and the passenger was taken for further questioning.

There, he admitted that the identity card he had presented was not authentic, and he was arrested.