A gang who supplied the criminal underworld and illegal immigrants with thousands of fake British passports and bank cards have been jailed for a total of 13 years.
Algerian mastermind Radhouane Bouhafs, 39, and his crew made more than £250,000 churning out 3,000 forged documents.
Police caught wind of the operation after intercepting a package full of fake passports in January 2017.
Algerian mastermind Radhouane Bouhafs, 39, and his crew made more than £250,000 supplying fake passports and bank cards to illegal immigrants and criminals
Some of the fake documentation seized in the major bust that saw the crew jailed for 13 years
Southwark Crown Court heard detectives traced the parcel back to Sidamhed Bencherab, 34.
From there, detectives linked his phone to Boualem Benouaret, 45, who was caught posting packages for the gang in a surveillance operation.
Investigations revealed Benouaret was supplying details to Bouhafs - who was in charge of producing the false documents to order.
Specialist printers, laptops and blank cards were found stashed under a bed at a property in Kensal Green, north-west London
Police raided a flat in Kensal Green where specialist printers, laptops and blank cards being operated by tenant Mohammed Haddouchi were found.
Officers recovered around 500 stolen or discarded counterfeit documents and found a further 2,500 completed templates for false documents on a laptop.
Bouhafs was also claiming £48,000 a year in housing benefits by pretending to be unemployed in his application to Enfield council.
Mohammed Haddouchi produced the fake documents and bank cards while living in the Kensal Green flat
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