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Colombian charged for fake stamps in passport, fined for illegal entry
Colombian Luis Eugenio Terres entered Guyana illegally, but having being granted a Guyana tourist and
Colombian Luis
Eugenio Terres
business visa, police say he forged an arrival and departure stamp on his passport to show that it was issued from the Central Immigration and Passport Office.
As a result of the allegation he was brought before the City Court yesterday for allegedly uttering the forged document.
Terres denied that on April 20th of this year at Moleson Creek in Springlands Corentyne, Berbice, with intent to defraud, he uttered to police constable Yasir Augrim, a Colombian passport with the number AR 678850, in favour of himself, with a forged arrival and departure stamp inserted on the Guyana tourist visa and Business visa section of the passport, knowing it was false.
Prosecutor Inspector Neville Jeffers told Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan that there was no record at the Central Immigration officer to show that the accused ever presented himself to the immigration officer. He told the court that he was caught by immigration officers who made checks upon his passport while he was an outgoing passenger to visit Suriname. Prosecutor said further investigations were carried out and the defendant was charged and later arrested.
Defence lawyer, Paul Fung-a-Fat, who said his client is a father of five, succeeded in securing bail on his behalf while refuting the police’s claims. He said his client presented himself to the immigration officers at the checkpoint, but he was unaware that the stamp was false. The lawyer strongly claimed that there are persons who are misleading foreigners. “I believe it’s a wide set of them fleecing these foreigners,” the lawyer said.
Terres was also charged with illegally entering in Guyana by sea at Charity, Essequibo. He admitted that he committed the offence and disembarked without the consent of an immigration officer on April 14. His attorney explained on behalf of his client that he came to Guyana for a vacation on the said date, however he admitted that his client committed the offence.
In view of the man’s admission of guilt, the court found him guilty and fined him $20,000 or he will have to serve a four-month prison sentence, if he defaults. The defendant is scheduled to reappear in court again for statements on June 1st.
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