Sunday, March 18, 2007

French nat'l detained for five hours for insulting stewardees

Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre
Kalibo, Aklan-A 28 years old hotel receptionist in French was detained for five hours at the Kalibo PNP after insulting a flight stewardees and insists on smoking cigarette while onboard in an airplane.

Police Chief Inspector Arnold Ardiente, Kalibo PNP chief told this writer that police enforcers arrested Rene Recrosio Laurent of Maur Des Posses French at around 10:45 a.m. Sunday after operatives of the Aviation Security Group alerted them.

"He was drunk when he was brought to the Kalibo PNP for sober-up. He was released five hours later (2:35 p.m.) as he is bound to Boracay Island," he said.

According to the statement given by the complainant flight steward Ella Mae Trinidad, she noticed Laurent tried to smoke right inside after he enters the plane cabin's before their departure from Manila airport at 9:35 sunday morning.

"He insisted so the plane captain allowed him to smoke down the airplane for a few minutes before the plane depart for Kalibo flight. While I am demonstrating the plane safety procedures, he embarrased me in front of other passengers as he was displaying fucking fingers towards me," she said.

Trinidad said that along the 45-minutes travel from Manila to Kalibo, Laurent insisted to smoke even the plane crews tried to stop him to do so because it is being prohibited for the passengers to smoke cigarettes while on board the airplane.

"As soon as we landed in Kalibo airport, he still insisted that he will be allowed to smoke the reason for the plane captain to seek the attention of the Aviation Security for the security of the plane and all the passengers," Trinidad said in the police blotter she signed at the Kalibo PNP.

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