Man arrested for having no national ID or passport

Gardaí arrested a man at a car valeting premises in Cork for having no passport or national ID yesterday.

Detective Garda Robert McCarthy arrested Ambrose Amorjie, aged 37, at the valeting outlet in White’s Cross yesterday morning and brought him before Cork District Court. He applied to have him remanded in custody to allow enquiries to be made through Interpol and other relevant agencies.

The charge was of failing to have a passport or similar identification papers as required of foreign-nationals.