Papua New Guinea intelligence officials have arrested twelve Sri Lankan men, alleged to be planning to go to Australia using falsified documents, Australian media reported today.

According to reports the men are aged between 30 and 35.

PNG's National Intelligence Organisation or NIO claims the men are members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.NIO said they were planning to travel to Ausralia via PNG's Western province near the PNG-Australia border.

Intelligence officers have questioned the men, who they allege arrived in PNG this week on falsified tourist visas.