3 airline employees held at IGIA for stealing liquor bottles

Three airline ground handling staffers working at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi have been apprehended for allegedly stealing liquor bottles from the registered baggage of a flier.

Officials said the incident was reported on Saturday noon when an on-duty CISF personnel detected suspicious activity of the three employees in the terminal area, on the CCTV surveillance system.

Upon interception, they said two liquor bottles were recovered from their possession which the trio, identified as E Moses, J Jolly and C Mehroliya, had allegedly taken out from the baggage of a Bhubaneswar-bound traveller. They said the airport entry passes of the three had been cancelled and the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has been informed for further action against them.