KHYBER: Police in Torkham seized a number of fake passports of Afghanistan and Pakistan and arrested a man accused of dealing in the illegal activity.
SHO Akbar Khan said that he along with a police party raided a warehouse in Bacha Maina residential area near the border and seized the fake documents along with taking a local resident into their custody.
He said that the suspect Hazrat Umar was involved in making fake Afghan and Pakistani passports and then stamping on them fake visas for selling these onward to the needy Afghan and Pakistani nationals.
He said that the seizure included three Pakistani and 15 Afghan passports, 31 online Afghan visas, 15 Afghan citizen cards, three Pakistani CNICs and a number of stamps required in immigration process.
A car was also impounded while the suspect was sent to Landi Kotal sub-jail.
The SHO said the local police also arrested an alleged thief at the Charwazgai checkpost and recovered 35 stolen mobile phone sets from his possession.
The arrested man was identified as an Afghan national named Shah Pur.
According to police, he confessed to his crime and said he used to smuggle mobile phone sets to Afghanistan.
