AIRPORT--A man F.O.M.B. (47), originally from the Dominican Republic, attempted to board a flight at Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) at the Immigration checkpoint last Friday, according to police on Thursday.
He handed a Dominican Republic passport to an Immigration officer. During inspection of the passport, the Immigration saw that the passport was false. The officer immediately alerted other officers of the Alpha Team (Immigration team at the airport), who also inspected the passport and confirmed that it was indeed false.
F.O.M.B. was arrested and his documents were confiscated for further investigation. He was immediately transported to the main police station in Philipsburg where he remains in police custody for further investigation.
