People smuggler ‘provided faked documents’

An accused trafficker provided false EU identity documents to smuggle two immigrants into the UK, a court heard. Abdalnasir Alarch, 48, allegedly provided the paperwork to Muhamed Mohamed and Chelia Choui on September 29 2019. According to the charges, he did so knowing they were not EU nationals and ‘attempted to escort’ them into the UK. Bearded Alarch appeared at Southwark Crown Court via videolink from Wandsworth prison dressed in jeans and a checkered shirt and spoke only to confirm…