in an alleged passport ring have been ordered by a court not to go near the Fairfield Post Office where police say

they ran their operation.

Lara Triglia, from Bligh Street in Fairfield and her

Mount Druitt co-accused, Samira Al Kanani, are accused

of being involved in a fake passport racket.

The two women were arrested last Saturday night and

faced Central Local Court last Wednesday, with

Triglia, 35, in court representing herself.

Police began investigations in April after allegations

that people smugglers were using Australia Post staff

to create fake passports for immigrants to enter the

country.

It is alleged the passports were created at the Fairfield

post office.

Triglia was charged with three counts of making false or misleading statements regarding Australian travel documents.

Last week at the Central Local Court, she was ordered not to approach, contact or attempt to contact

the co-accused or any of the staff at Fairfield.

Al Kanani, 44, was arrested at Sydney Airport and

charged with two counts of taking out of

Australia a passport in the names of Safaa Riza and

Kyza Ali.

She was also charged with making false statement in

relation to a passport application.

On Wednesday Al Kanani was granted bail by Magistrate Allan Moore after her defence counsel said her two

children needed to be driven to school.

Her strict bail conditions require her to report to Fairfield police twice daily; to live at a house on the Horsley Drive, Smithfield; not to apply for any Australian

passport; not to approach points of international departure; not to contact her co-accused or

post office staff; a surety of $5000; adhere to an 8pm to 8am curfew; not to be guarantor on anyone's passport and to surrender her own passport.

Triglia requested a six-week adjournment.

Magistrate Moore adjourned the matters and ordered

Triglia and Al Kanani to appear in the Downing Centre Court on June 16.