A man, who police alleged was found with 90 passports in his possession, is to be slapped with two additional charges of larceny of passport and possession of forged documents.

The accused, Stephen Myers, who has already been charged with unlawful possession of property and possession of a false immigration stamp, is alleged to be the mastermind in what the police claimed was a passport racket.

Myers, who is still in police custody, was arrested and charged on June 8 after police allegedly went to his premises at 64 John's Lane, Central Kingston and found 74 Jamaican, five British, two US and two Chinese passports.

The police claimed that they seized items believed to be used in the creation of US visas and other passport related activities.

It is also alleged that Myers told the police in an interview that he had assisted people to renew their passports, even though he is not a licensed agent.

However, Tuesday when Myers appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, the investigator told Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey that people have started to come forward to claim the passports.

He also said that some of the complainants have reported that their passports were stolen along with their visas.

In light of that, the prosecution was instructed to lay the additional charges against the accused. Myers was then remanded into custody and is scheduled to return to court on August 19.

Myers' attorney Charles Williams told the court previously that his client was not involved in the alleged passport racket.

Williams had told the court then that the passports were not found on his client, in his vehicle or on his premises.

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