Crimes

Passenger steals N1m onboard Air Peace aircraft

Air Peace says a passenger onboard one of its flights allegedly stole N1 million from another passenger’s bag.

The spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, said the incident occurred on board Abuja-PHC flight P47192 on July 27.

Olisa said the passenger stole the amount contained in a brown envelope but was caught by the owner of the money, with the intervention of the airline’s staff.

He stated that during the flight, the suspect took another passenger’s computer bag from the overhead cabin.

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“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 Air Peace spokesman noted.

Olisa said the suspect was one of the first few to disembark despite the announcement of proper disembarkation sequence by the crew.

He stated that the suspect was eventually caught and the money retrieved from him, with different currencies in different denominations found on him.

Olisa said 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.

He said the police later confirmed to have released him on bail, but said the chance of prosecution was slim as the owner of the money was unwilling to follow up.

Olisa noted that Air Peace staff would continue to be security conscious and urged passengers to be more careful with their personal items onboard.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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