PESHAWAR: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) claimed to have arrested three passengers, including a woman for trying to travel abroad on fake COVID certificates from Baccha Khan International Airport Peshawar on Saturday.
According to sources, three passengers tried to dodge the airport officials and travel abroad from the Peshawar airport while using fake COVID-19 test reports.
Although, when the CAA officials counter-checked the test reports, it emerged that they were fake, sources added.
Later, the passengers- a woman and two others- were offloaded from the plane and handed over to the FIA immigration officials. They were shifted to the Hayatabad Cell of the FIA for further interrogation into the matter.
Earlier, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had issued strict SOPs for entering the nation-wide airports aimed at halting the spread of COVID-19.
According to details, after the implementation of the strict COVID-19 SOPs, many passengers were denied entry into the airports over violations.
“No one either the passengers or airport staffers will be allowed to enter the airports’ premises without a facemask,” the sources said adding that the airport managers are personally supervising the implementation.
They further said that all airlines have also been directed to comply with the SOPs and ensure that their staffers wear a facemask and warned that strict action would be taken over violations.
