2023-11-07 17:06:36
Armed, he attempted to embark for the metropolis. A pistol was detected in the false bottom of a suitcase during security checks this Tuesday morning at Ajaccio’s Napoleon-Bonaparte airport. A man was taken into custody after turning himself in to authorities, according to information from France 3 Corse Viastella.
The events took place around 6:30 a.m., while passengers bound for Paris and Marseille were preparing to board. The alarm at the security inspection station sounds: a weapon has been detected in the double bottom of a suitcase. This is a 22 caliber long rifle handgun. After inspecting the luggage, the security agent calls its owner, but he appears to have disappeared.
In charge of airport management
He actually ran back through the queue to escape the airport. Security agents found documents in the luggage and quickly identified the fugitive. It would be a man in his sixties, executive of the Ajaccio Chamber of Commerce, a structure in charge of the management of ports and airports, according to our colleagues from France 3.
The latter reportedly left the airport to speak with his lawyer, before going to the police a few hours later. The individual was placed in police custody, and the Ajaccio public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for illegal carrying and transport of a weapon. The circumstances which led this man to attempt to board armed remain unknown for the moment.
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