Jailed for trying to escape

Three Somalis and a Burkinabe were this morning jailed for six months for trying to escape with tampered passports. Mahad Mohamed Mohamud, 31, Anisa Abdulla Abdi, 26, and Ahmed Degaj Ali, 19, from Somalia, together with Isa Idris, 29 from Burkina Faso...

Three Somalis and a Burkinabe were this morning jailed for six months for trying to escape with tampered passports.

Mahad Mohamed Mohamud, 31, Anisa Abdulla Abdi, 26, and Ahmed Degaj Ali, 19, from Somalia, together with Isa Idris, 29 from Burkina Faso were caught at the airport when they tried to leave Malta for Italy on Wednesday with Italian passports, identity and residence cards they had tampered with.

Nigerian Anthony Osaro Izagie, 20, was jailed for three months after pleading guilty to leaving Malta illegally. He was found in Belgium and returned two days ago.

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