Sierra Leone man tried to exit south Cyprus airport with someone else’s travel documents

Greek Cypriot airport police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man from Sierra Leone for trying to exit the country using someone else’s travel documents.

The man arrived at Paphos international airport in southern Cyprus on Monday to board a flight to France, police spokesman and head of Paphos CID Michalis Nicolaou told the Cyprus News Agency.

During passport check, suspicions were raised as to his travel documents which were later identified as genuine, but they belonged to another person, police said.

Further investigations showed the suspect, who is being investigated for forgery.