Passport counterfeiter nabbed in Manila

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Passport counterfeiter nabbed in Manila


MANILA, Philippines--Police and immigration agents arrested a suspected member of a syndicate that allegedly manufactures and sells fake Philippine passports to foreigners.

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. said the suspect, Arsenio Ortega, was arrested in Manila on Sunday during an entrapment operation conducted by joint operatives of the BI and Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.

Ortega was arrested after Afghan national Ahmady Mokhtar alias Faisal Abdullatif, helped authorities set up the entrapment operation at a coffee shop in Binondo, Manila. Mokhtar positively identified Ortega as the one who sold him a fake Phil...

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