Turkey: US diplomat arrested, allegedly sold fake passport

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities person arrested an American diplomat moving for the U.S. Consulate successful Lebanon for allegedly providing a fake passport to a Syrian national, Turkey’s state-run quality bureau reported connected Wednesday.

The Anadolu Agency said the suspect, identified by his initials D.J.K., was detained astatine Istanbul Airport connected Nov. 11, and was aboriginal formally arrested connected suspicion of selling the forged passport to the Syrian nationalist for $10,000.

Anadolu said the Syrian was detained for questioning aft helium attempted to question to Germany connected the mendacious passport, which was successful D.J.K.’s name.

Police aboriginal determined done an introspection of information camera footage, that D.J.K. gave him the passport astatine the airdrome and the 2 besides exchanged clothes. Police besides seized an envelope containing $10,000 from the diplomat, the study said.

The American was jailed portion the Syrian was released pending imaginable proceedings for falsifying documents, Anadolu reported.

The U.S. Embassy successful Ankara would not remark connected the report. There was besides nary contiguous remark from the U.S. Embassy successful Beirut.