Somalian fined, deported for presenting false passport

A Somalian national was arraigned before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday morning and slapped with a 0,000 fine by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly presenting false documents to a Police Constable.
Abraham Sheik Mohammed admitted to the charge which stated that he, on March 9, 2017 at Lethem, with intent to defraud, uttered to an Immigration Officer a forged United Kingdom of Great Britain passport in the name of Steven Rhimestone, bearing a photograph of Rhimestone.
The Magistrate fined him the sum of $100,000 and ordered that he be escorted to the nearest port of exit upon the payment of the fine, or serve an alternative of a four months in jail.
The court heard that Mohammed entered the country by crossing the Guyana-Brazil border upon which he presented the said document to the Police rank. The passport was suspected to be stolen and the man was detained at Lethem; checks made with INTERPOL confirmed the suspicions and the foreigner was charged with the offence.