PARIS, Aug 9: A Pakistani man arrested with several false British identity papers in his possession is in French custody after being arrested at a Paris airport, airport and law-enforcement officials said on Tuesday.

Mohammad Billal Youssaf, 23, a resident of Brescia in Italy, had arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport from Lahore and was headed to London when he was arrested on Sunday, one official said.

He had five fake British passports and five fake British driving licences on him, the official said. The documents had already been filled out and contained photographs of different individuals.

Youssaf was being held by the police crimes unit and checks were being conducted to confirm his identity given in the Pakistani passport he was using. The case was currently being handled by the anti-terrorist section of the Paris prosecutor’s office.Police raided a home in a Paris suburb as a result of information gleaned in the arrest.—AFP