ISLAMABAD – Pakistan International Airlines staff offloads British nationalfrom flight over attempt to bribe customs and ANF staff.
British citizen was removed from flight PK-701 after he tried to bribecustoms officers and Airport Narcotics Force (ANF).
According to the details, the person identified as Sohail was traveling toManchester from Islamabad International Airport on a Pakistan InternationalAirline flight. Sources say that he was planning to carry 18 cigarettecartons on the plane when he was stopped by the customs officers and ANFpersonnel, where he tried to influence them with a bribe whilst filming thescene. Immediately, the PIA staff took swift action and had him removedfrom the flight.
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Just last month, two people were offloaded by the Federal InvestigationAgency from an international flight at Islamabad airport over forgedpapers. Two Pakistani nationals, Zanar Gul and Ziarat Shah obtained Italiannationality while portraying themselves as Afghan citizens. They had shownfake Afghan citizenship papers to obtain an Italian passport and residentcard.
