LUCKNOW, July 24 -- A fraudster operating an illegal embassy of the unrecognised micronation Westarctica from a rented house in Ghaziabad was arrested by the Noida unit of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday, senior police officials said here on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Harshvardhan Jain, was operating an illegal diplomatic mission of Westarctica from a rented house in Ghaziabad's Kavi Nagar locality, said UP Police additional director general (ADG), Law & Order, Amitabh Yash. Westarctica is located in the western portion of Antarctica.

He said the accused claimed to be the consul/ambassador of countries like Westarctica, Seborga, Poulvia and Lodonia. Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 by artist ...