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Pakistani man detained on Vilnius train in Poland with forged identity card
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Pakistani man detained on Vilnius train in Poland with forged identity card

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Polish border guards detained a Pakistani citizen on an August 31 train from Vilnius to Kraków after he presented an Estonian identity card.
  • Officials determined that the document was forged, and the man admitted using it and accepted a one-year prison sentence suspended for two years.
  • Poland barred him from entering the country before handing him over to Lithuanian officials; authorities in the Podlaskie region have recorded 55 document-forgery cases since the start of 2026.

A Pakistani citizen traveling from Vilnius to Kraków was detained in Poland after presenting an Estonian identity card that border guards identified as forged.

Officers from the Sejny border post checked the train on August 31 and detained the man during the inspection. According to Polish border guards, the document had been made using a genuine identity document as a model, but its appearance did not meet authenticity standards.

The man admitted using the forged document and agreed to a sentence of one year in prison, suspended for two years. Polish authorities also issued a decision barring him from entering the country.

He was later handed over to Lithuanian officials. The Podlaskie Border Guard unit said officers had detected 55 cases of document forgery since the beginning of 2026.

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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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