PTI
Chennai, Apr 10: Five Sri Lankan nationals, including two women, who attempted to travel to London by an Air France flight from Chennai, using bogus Italian passports, have been detained by emigration officials.
Airport officials said the five arrived at Chennai airport around midnight to catch an Air France flight, scheduled to leave Chennai at 2.30 am.
Emigration officials checked the travel documents and found that they were carrying bogus Italian passports, following which they were detained.
The five had arrived in the city on April 6, 2007 and were staying in a lodge.
They would be handed over to city police for further interrogation, the sources added.