Two impostors jailed after trying to catch flight to Bergamo

The men tried to board a Bergamo flight using a fake passport and ID card which were not theirs

15 April 2021, 1:55pm
by Matthew Agius

1 min read

Two men have been jailed for using other people’s passports in a bid to travel to Italy.

Abdel Nasir Kareem Ibrahim Nahar, 18 from Sudan and Shah Ibrahim Abdullahi, 25, from Chad were arrested at the airport yesterday while trying to board a flight to Bergamo using a Gambian passport and an Italian ID card which were not theirs.

They were also charged with giving false information to the authorities.

The men’s lawyer, Benjamin Valenzia, entered a guilty plea before magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace.

The court sentenced the accused to six months in prison.

Inspector Lara Butters prosecuted.

Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Leg...