A security source reported yesterday , Monday, that the authorities at Kirkuk International Airport were able to uncover two people carrying “forged” Israeli passports .

The source said The Director of the Passports Department at Kirkuk International Airport, Brigadier General Saad Khalaf Al-Tamimi, was able to uncover two people carrying forged Israeli passports, indicating that the forgery was discovered during the examination of the passports, as it turned out that the documents carried by the two people were forged .

The source added that the two persons were arrested at Kirkuk International Airport by the passport team, and they are now under arrest and investigation by the competent authorities .

The source did not clarify the circumstances of the arrest precisely, whether the two individuals were coming from an external trip to the airport or whether they were in the governorate and planning to travel via Kirkuk International Airport.