A MELBOURNE man was remanded in custody today after arriving in Australia with two fake Pakistani passports allegedly in his luggage. The 28-year-old Preston man, who was charged with possessing false travel documents, appeared in the Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court after Australian customs officers allegedly found the two counterfeits.Customs referred the find to the Australian Federal Police, whose officers later found another false passport and documents at a Docklands address.
A Pakistani national whose name has not been released, the man was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear in the same court on November 16. Police have alleged he purchased the fake passports in Pakistan before arriving in Australia.