Fire-crackers found in shoes inside air passenger’s baggage

Mumbai: The Air India ground-handling staff at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday found fire-crackers hidden in the soles of three pairs of shoes in the bag of a 29-year-old man.
The man, whose identity has not been revealed by the police, was to board an Oman Air flight to Muscat at 5:30 pm. “While checking the baggage, the Air India ground-handling staff discovered three pairs of shoes inside his bag in which the soles had been cut out and were filled with fire-crackers. He was immediately detained and handed over to us for further questioning,” said Senior Police Inspector Dilip Patil from the Sahar police station.
Patil said when the man was asked why he was carrying fire-crackers in his bag, he replied that he had been given the shoes by someone in the city to transport them to Muscat.
24/07/08 Expressindia.com

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