Immigration nabs three Bangladeshi nationals with fake Sri Lankan passports at BIA

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Colombo, July 28 (Daily Mirror) - Three Bangladeshi nationals bound for Tehran, Iran were arrested by the Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this evening for having forged Sri Lankan passports in their possession.

The immigration officials at the BIA, on suspicion searched the three foreigners who were to board Air Arabia flight G9509 bound for Sharjah at 3.10 pm today with genuine Bangladesh passports.

When searching the passengers the DIE Border Surveillance Unit (BSU) officials found three forged Sri Lankan passports in their baggage with fake local immigration seals.

A senior immigration official told the Daily Mirror the passengers had arrived in Sri Lanka in May on tourist visas and had tried to leave for the Middle East with their forged travel papers.

Upon inquiry the suspects had told the authorities that they were to depart the BIA with their Bangladesh passports and to enter Sharjah and then to Tehran with their forged Sri Lankan passports.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the passengers had received their forged travel documents from a local agent for a large sum of money.

The DIE officials handed over the foreigners to the Criminal Investigation Department unit at the BIA for further legal proceedings.

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Eyes wide open Monday, 28 July 2025 06:46 PM

More of this will happen until all “tourists” are screened! Countries should be grouped into grades of risk for different things: eg passport forgery, drug trafficking which is ubiquitous, setting up hotels, cafes, etc Of course, this type of profiling is done in other countries, although it might not be declared openly for obvious reasons. As we don’t have the necessary resources, prevention is better than cure. So, SCREEN, SCREEN, SCREEN! Also, no visa policy is opening floodgates as it implies lax laws!

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sumo Tuesday, 29 July 2025 12:14 AM

LOAD OF RUBISH.tHIS NOT A POLICE STATE OR A DICTATOR CONTROLLED COUNTRY. DON'T WISH THAT NON YOURSELF.

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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE B.I.A. Monday, 28 July 2025 07:13 PM

GOOD WORK BY THE CUSTOMS OFFICER/S AT THE BIA. LOCAL AGENT, DOES THIS MEAN LOCAL IN THE COUNTRY OR FROM ONE OF THEIR LOCAL AGENTS BACK IN BANGLADESHI?. IF LOCAL HUNT HIM DOWN, REMAND AND PUT HIM BEFORE A COURT OF LAW AND INTO JAIL. AGENTS MUST BE TAUGHT A LESSON. FREE VISA ENTRY FOR TOURISTS WILL TEMPT CORRUPT AGENTS, SCAMMERS AND MONEY LAUNDERERS TO SLIP INTO THE COUNTRY AS TOURISTS, HOPE THE CUSTOMS ARE ON THEIR TOES TO ARREST AS MANY AS THEY CAN, WITH THE DEPT OF IMMIGRATION DOING THEIR PART TOO.

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????? Tuesday, 29 July 2025 10:14 AM

What does Customs have to do with this ?

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James Monday, 28 July 2025 07:18 PM

No more free visas.

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Get real! Tuesday, 29 July 2025 12:41 PM

To Sumo- Nothing to do with dictatorship! All risk averse countries protect their borders and their citizens by strict immigration control and enforcement agencies to seek out and deport illegal immigrants and people who have overstayed on their visa! Since we are a resource poor country, we have to rely on strict immigration even more.

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