Kenya nabs 2 Iranians with fake Israeli passports
Men planned flight through Brussels to Ben Gurion Airport but were busted with forgeries in Nairobi
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Kenyan authorities arrested two Iranians in Nairobi who tried to reach Israel using fake Israeli passports.
The two men, both in their early 20s, were arrested several days ago, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday.
The passports were forgeries based on stolen Israeli passports. The news site showed a photo of one of the passports, with the name Adi Larian, and identified the second only by the first name Avshalom.
The two Iranian men were scheduled to board a Brussels Airlines flight to the Belgian capital and fly from there to Ben Gurion Airport, according to the report.
An Israeli official told the daily that Israeli passports were relatively easy to forge because many Israelis have not yet switched to biometric passports, which store on chips unique information including facial recognition and fingerprints.
It is not yet known what the Iranians in custody were planning to do in Israel, Yedioth Ahoronoth reported.
The Times of Israel Community.