A passenger, who allegedly stole N1 million from another passenger’s bag while on board an Air Peace flight, was nabbed.
The incident took place on board an Abuja-Port Harcourt flight P47192 on July 27.
The Airline Spokesperson, Stanley Olisa, who made this development known on Wednesday, said the suspect stole the amount contained in a brown envelope and also took another passenger’s computer bag from the overhead cabin.
“He, thereafter, took the brown envelope containing the money, put the computer bag in another luggage compartment and moved to an empty seat at the back of the aircraft.
“The suspect was one of the first few to disembark despite the announcement of proper disembarkation sequence by the crew,” he said.
He was caught by the owner with the intervention of the airline’s staff. The money was retrieved from him, with different currencies in different denominations found on him.
According to Mr Olisa, the suspect was handed over to the security operatives of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), for onward transfer to the Police, for further investigations.
However, he said that the Police later confirmed to have released him on bail, since the chance of prosecution was slim as the owner of the money was unwilling to follow up.
He further urged passengers to be more careful with their personal items on board.
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