A woman
who flew into Paris from Istanbul this week was arrested after it was
discovered that she had hidden a four-year-old girl in a bag on the plane, Air
France said Wednesday.
According to AFP
reports, the woman was a resident of France who was in the process of adopting
the child who was from Haiti.
"She was apparently
in the transit zone in Istanbul, and had crossed the customs checkpoint with
the child, when she was prevented from boarding a flight with her," said
the source.
The woman who didn't
want to buy a ticket for the child decided to hide her in a
bag in order to board the next flight, after buying a new ticket for herself.
"Once on board, she
placed the child at her feet, under a blanket, but the girl needed to go to the
toilet and was noticed by other passengers," the source told AFP.
Air France said it
notified French authorities and the woman was taken into custody upon landing,
but prosecutors decided not to press charges.
The woman and the girl were held at the airport while authorities investigate the case to make sure the little girl wasn't kidnapped.
Source: AFP/FNC
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