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Man 'tried to use murderer's passport to flee Russia'
A man who bought a false passport to flee Russia got more than he bargained for after finding the paperwork belonged to a wanted murderer.
The 36-year-old man, named only as Arkadiy V for legal reasons, was arrested on suspicion of murder as he tried to cross the border into Latvia.
Arkadiy allegedly confessed to officers that he was not a Russian citizen and had wanted a Russian passport to get into Latvia easily.
According to local media, he bought the stolen passport on the black market in St Petersburg and put his own photo in, not knowing the passport originally belonged to a murder suspect.
He has been charged with presenting a false identity to state officials.
Story filed: 11:24 Wednesday 15th October 2003
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_828985.html?menu=news.quirkies