Russian plane with suspicious cargo in tarmac stand-off

The sources pointed out the diplomats from the Russian embassy arrived at the airport immediately after the plane landed and insisted driving to the tarmac to receive the ‘diplomatic bag’ to the surprise of security officials at the airport.

The diplomats also insisted that the accompanying convoy of vehicles must also be permitted to drive to the plane where it had taxied on the tarmac throwing a pall of suspicion on the cargo because, according to securitymen was ‘unusually heavy’.

The sources said the cargo, said to be ‘political documents’, consisted of boxes weighing 3,600 kilos and the Russian diplomats insisted the cargo should be released without inspection. The sources noted the vigilance of the security forces led by the Undersecretary for Ports Security at the Interior Ministry Major-General Mansour Al-Awadhi, insisted on inspecting the cargo with the use of metal detectors before the Russians were allowed to take possession.

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