African Nationals Caught with Fake Documents at Belize International Airport

Two African nationals are behind bars tonight after being caught traveling with fake documents. Forty-five-year-old, Nigerian businessman, Olisah Austine Ebere and forty-one-year-old, Congo businesswoman, Mboungou De Bassengue Doline Flore, appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court charged with using a document which has not been issued by lawful authority. They both pleaded guilty to the charge and were fined a thousand dollars each. They were ordered to pay forthwith or spend six months in prison in default. The Immigration Department also applied for a removal order to have them deported once they had settled their fine or served their sentence. The failed to pay before the close of the day and were taken to the Belize Central Prison. The duo was caught on Friday, October 13 at the Philip Goldson International Airport, with travel documents purporting to be Guatemalan.