The Police Special Fraud Unit, says it has arrested over twenty suspects who specialised in counterfeiting entry visas of some foreign countries.

Its Spokesman, Audi Lawal, said the visa racketeers were arrested at several embassies of the foreign countries in Lagos.

Lawal, said the suspects specialised in forgery of visa processing documents such as passports, bank statements, company letterheads and immigration stamps of several overseas countries.

According to him, all the supects confesssed to have committed the crimes and were charged to court for prosecution to serve as deterrent to others involved in such illegal activities.

He advised visa applicants against patronising agents using fake travel documents for processing visa at embassies in Nigeria.

“The Police Special Fraud Unit in its effort to discourage members of the public from patronising racketeers and false document makers, recently busted a cartel which specialises in counterfeiting.

“This cartel specialised in UK, Canada and Shengen visas, Nigerian passports, bank statements, various countries’ immigration stamps and letter of introduction from corporate organisations,” Lawal said.

He urged visa applicants to always access embassies and high commissions information through their official websites on visa application procedures.