Airport
X-ray reveals baby inside bag
An Egyptian couple has been charged with putting their child at
risk and attempted smuggling after security officers at an airport
in the United Arab Emirates found their 5-month-old boy hidden in a
small handbag.
Police said the baby was discovered by an X-ray screening at
Sharjah International Airport as the couple was traveling through
the airport.
The infant is in good condition, police said.
According to Sharjah police, the couple arrived in the UAE last
Friday but were not allowed to enter the country because they
didn’t have a visa for the infant.
The parents were told they had to wait two days at the airport
until the visa office reopened so the boy’s documents could be
processed.
On Saturday, the impatient father persuaded his wife to put the
baby in their hand luggage in the hope airport security wouldn’t
notice, police said.
“We were very surprised. This is the first time we have seen
something like this,” police officer Abdel Rahman Shama told CNN.
“Even if you are in a desperate situation, how can you put your
child in a bag?”
The parents remain in the UAE under police questioning.
From Aroub Abdelhaq and Salma Abdelaziz, CNN
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