Mapusa: Police have found that some Nigerians illegally staying in Goa have forged their visa documents in Hyderabad.

In combing operations, police found some Nigerians without a valid visa or having a forged stamp of extension of visa, issued in the name of the foreigners regional registration office (FRRO) Hyderabad.

Police were able to detect the fake visa extension stamp with the help of a special laser light which detects fake visa extension stamps and fake foreign currency, police sources said.

Nigerian national Obinna Devid Okuma has been booked for cheating, as he had used the fake visa extension stamp from Hyderabad, and was residing at Assagao, in Bardez taluka.

Police have learnt that some Nigerians forged their visa extension through a Hyderabad-based agent who charged them Rs 15,000.

Following the murder of a Nigerian on the intervening night of October 30 to 31 and a group of Nigerians blocking national highway 17 at Porvorim on October 31, police has begun combing operations for foreigners staying illegally in Goa.

