JEDDAH, 31 January 2007 — Police are looking for a Chadian national who is suspected to have disguised himself as a Saudi and worked at a government office in a min istry for the past seven years, according to Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper.
The suspect impersonated a Saudi with the name Faisal Al-Seraisry. The man’s identity papers were stolen by the Chadian who used them to get a government job.
The real Faisal Al-Seraisry was employed by a private company in Jeddah. The Chadian was involved in a serious drug trafficking case as well and his attempts to link the real Al-Seraisry to the drug charges led to his being found out.
Another Saudi whose initials are M.N. was a close friend of the impostor and was involved in the crime. It was M.N. who helped the Chadian get the government job.
When the impostor was involved in a drug case and police were looking for him, the friend thought out a scheme to save him. M.N. went to the original Al-Seraisry and told him that he should report to a government office.
Al-Seraisry was puzzled but wanted to know what was going on. When he arrived at the government office, the police who were waiting there arrested him in connection with the drug case.
Al-Seraisry explained to them that he was an employee in a private company and had come to the office at the insistence of M.N. The police did not rule out his story because the photo of the impostor they had did not match his appearance.
Upon seeing the photograph of the impostor, the real Al-Seraisry identified him as a Chadian who had lived next to his flat about seven years ago. It was about that time that his identity papers were stolen. Though he complained to police then, they did not find it. Shortly after the incident the Chadian moved away and the real Al-Seraisry never saw him again. The investigation is ongoing.
