Pakistani nationals fined, ordered deported over forged passports

Two Pakistani nationals, who claimed to be refugees, were fined and ordered deported on Thursday after using forged passports to enter Guyana.

Arshad Mehood Mughal and Ashan Riaz Mughal were brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown and read separate charges of forgery.

Arshad, 40, was charged with knowingly uttering a forged Republic of Italy passport to Collin Lovell, a representative of Fly Jamaica, on March 21st at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

The passport, in Arshad’s name, bore his photo and purported to show that it was