L,_Effrem, a Russian who was arrested on Oct, 20 ina house in Range oad was brought before the First Special District Court yesterday on 2 writ of detention on suspicion that the connived with other persons) in forging passports, Three counterfeit passports were found in his. posses: ion, the police said.
The fact that four local gypsies were recently arrested in Hongkong for being in possession of fake passports led the Settlement police to [make investigations which resulted in Effrem's arrest. Hongkong will Jdeport the men to Shanghai and they jate due here in a few days, it was revealed yesterday.
Three of the counterfeit documents Jdiscovered in Hongkong are said to bear imitation seals of the Portuguese JConsulate-General here while the {fourth one bears Polish official seals.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.