Female arrested with false travel document

On Saturday September 15th a female passenger travelling from Guadeloupe to Sint Maarten, was arrested at the PJIA by members of the Alpha Team. This female passenger identified with initials S.M.W.R. originally from the Dominican Republic, arrived on the island on Saturday in the afternoon. While at a checkpoint, a Customs officer attached to the Alpha Team realised that the passport from the Dominican Republic belonging to S.M.W.R. had been fraudulently tampered with. S.M.W.R. was immediately arrested and taken to the main police station in Philipsburg where she remains in police custody for questioning and further investigation.