Philipsburg:--- Members of the Attracko team assisted by immigration officers arrested at least seven Guyanese nationals on Monday as suspects of a large scale crime ring involved in selling fake Guyanese passports, Dutch residency papers and identification cards.The seven persons consist of a mother and her three sons, common law daughter in law and two close friends who at one time sheltered the mother who was hiding from police. The arrest came after one and half years of intense police investigations.
Reliable information reaching SMN News states that Bibi Yasmin Hussain better known as "Dolly" who police have been looking for since last year is now behind bars. Also arrested are the woman's three sons identified as Katip Kholadin, Khaleel Kholadin, Kabeer Kholadin and three other persons who are close friends to the Kholadin family. They have been identified as Shameena.Kamaladeen the common law wife of one of the suspects and a brother and sister identified as Patricia Mohese and Rajo Mohese. The latter was arrested at an apartment in Simpson Bay.
The Kholadins are from Kingston Corriverton Berbice in Guyana and they are suspected of working with a large group of people in Guyana where they obtained a number of stolen Guyana Passports.
Police also searched the family's apartment in Cole Bay where they seized a number of documents and at least $30,000 in cash. Sources say the culprits were selling false residency papers and identification cards for as much as $5,000.00 USD. Most of the time recipients of the false documents would receive five years forged documents. SMN News learnt that other persons will be arrested as the investigation proceeds.
Several persons who were arrested by police with false Guyanese passports claimed they bought the passports from Bibi Yasmin Hussain. Ever since then police have been looking for the culprit but somehow she was never caught.
In an invited comment, Interim Police Spokesman Geronimo Juliet confirmed the arrests of the seven persons. Juliet said the suspects are in custody for fraudulent documents. Details on the house search and what was confiscated was not available the said police spokesman.
