Bureau of Immigration personnel at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) apprehended last week five Iranian nationals, two of them minors, for allegedly pretending to be Spaniards and Belgians on their way to their connecting flight to London. Nezhad and Delgarm presented Spanish passports on their arrival last Dec. 22, while the mother and her children presented Belgian passports when they arrived Dec. 24. ADVERTISEMENTIn an interview with reporters, Marinas said immigration counter personnel suspected that the passports were forgeries and this was eventually confirmed by the BI forensic laboratory. The mother and her children were immediately deported, while Nezhad and Delgarm are still detained pending investigation. Mariñas said investigators are looking into the possibility that the two men were asylum seekers or are Islamic militants.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 27, 2017 12:56 UTC