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    Fake passport racket busted, three arrested

    Central Crime Branch sleuths busted a fake passport network and seized 25 fake passports from them. The accused were identified as G Dhanapal (55) and his son D Karthik (24) of Mylapore, and S Muniyandi (52) of MKB Nagar.

    Fake passport racket busted, three arrested
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    Police seized Rs 5 lakh and a scanner from them. Police had arrested an immigration official, K Mathivanan (58) of Pudupet, in possession of five Indian passports when he was about to board a Turkey-bound flight on June 7. 

    Based on his confession that Dhanapal and gang made fake passports for Bangladesh and Sri Lankan nationals to gain entry into Europe, police had launched a hunt.

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