Man with fake ID stopped boarding Aer Lingus flight at Dublin Airport

An Albanian man was caught “red-handed” trying to board an Aer Lingus flight at Dublin Airport while using fake Greek identity documents, a court has heard.

The accused, who has given the name Adrini Kuqi, his age as 38, and no fixed address in Bilbao, Spain, appeared at Dublin District Court on Saturday charged with offences under the Immigration and Theft and Fraud Offences acts.

He is accused of failing to produce a valid passport or equivalent document on demand establishing his identity and nationality at Terminal 1 after he was stopped on Friday evening.

He was also charged with possessing and using false instruments, a fake Greek driving licence and passport in another person’s name to induce another person to do an act or provide a service.

Detective Sergeant Keith Cleary told Judge David McHugh that the man was trying to leave the State when he was intercepted.

Opposing bail, he submitted that the man was a flight risk and would not turn up for his trial. The identity he…