Bentong district police chief Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the two suspects, both aged 22, were travelling in the same vehicle.

They were arrested at a roadblock after the Bentong toll plaza, at 6.45pm after personnel on duty doubted the authenticity of the form submitted by them.

“Preliminary investigations indicated that the stamp and signature of the police station chief who approved the form for the journey from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan, on the grounds of attending classes, was fake and produced using a scanner.

“Police also found a copy of a blank form with a fake signature which purportedly belonged to the police station chief on the smartphone of one of the suspects, which is believed to have been used to produce the interstate travel permit form,” he said in a statement here today.

Zaiham said both suspects also tested positive for cannabis and further investigations were being conducted under Sections 468 and 471 of the Penal Code.