Azerbaijan’s border guards have detained 3 foreign nationals who attempted to go to Europe on fake passports through the country, the State Border Service told.

During the checking of passports before a Sharjah-Baku flight, Siddigi Salma (1958) and Siddigi Mujeeb Ur Rahman (1987) pretended to be British citizens, but the passports they presented drew suspicion.

In a similar scenario, Muhammed Lugman Muhammed Amen (1995) pretended to be a German citizen when he was asked to present his passport before a Baku-Frankfurt flight.

All three passports were thoroughly examined and it turned out that their covers were counterfeit. A further inspection revealed that the former two were carrying Pakistani passports and the latter had an Iraqi passport. The detainees admitted to planning to go to Europe from Azerbaijan.