A Harare woman will never taste England after she was caught using her sister’s British passport to fly to London.
The 25 year old Shumirai Mtetwa of Mandara, was arrested at the Harare International Airport as she attempted to dupe immigration officials. She was intercepted following a tip off from a mystery caller with detectives pouncing on her to demand her to produce her passport.
She showed them the British passport number GBR 510******.
The detectives interrogated Mtetwa who confessed that the passport belonged to her sister Melody Mtetwa.
Melody lives in the United Kingdom.
Shumirai Mtetwa, was fined $100 for attempting to use her sister’s British passport to travel to the United Kingdom. She pleaded guilty when she appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe last Friday. Failure to pay the fine would land Mtetwa in prison for 20 days.
Prosecutor Mrs Francesca Mukumbiri alleged that at around 4pm Minerals and Border Control Unit detectives received a tip-off that a Zimbabwean woman was using someone else’s passport to fly to the UK.
The passport was handed over to the British Embassy.
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This is a stupid idea. The iris recognition system at the port of entry would detect that you are not the passport holder even though you may bear remarkable resemblance, even as identical twins. I think passport holder is repaying this sister for some earlier favour of some sort. I know a policewoman who was using a dead sister’s o-level certificate. When it was felt that she wasnt doing enough for their mum, a sibling blew the cover on her. Just be truthful and honest. The beauty about telling the truth is that you do not need to remember anything. Its all in your default setting
Shanje.
Shanje.