VIDEO: Physical altercation between female passengers, customs officials at airport

A video has emerged online allegedly showing a physical altercation between female passengers and customs officials at Allama Iqbal International Airport over the clearance of the passengers’ luggage.

According to the First Information Report (FIR), circulating online, the incident took place at the international arrival area of Allama Iqbal Airport Lahore on Monday at 1:15 am.

As per the purported FIR, upon inspection of the luggage, 24 security cameras were recovered from the passengers' belongings, which were subject to customs duty, along with wedding outfits. “These items were taken into custody by customs officials. This led to them (passengers) becoming enraged and starting to hurl abuses. They tore Mahnoor's (soldier) uniform,” the FIR reads.

It further reads that during the chaos, the passengers took their seized belongings outside and handed them over to seven to eight unidentified individuals, who were apparently their relatives. The items that were already in the custody of customs were also vandalized.

Meanwhile, footage of the incident has gone viral on social media. In the first half of the clip, a female passenger is seen hitting the customs officers with shoes, upon which a female customs official strongly retaliates, dragging the passenger by her hair.

In the second half of the footage, female passengers were purportedly seen dragging their luggage away, with a male individual assisting them. 

According to media reports, the fight broke out between passengers arriving from Abu Dhabi and customs officials over the clearance of items such as closed-circuit cameras and bridal lehengas. The situation escalated, eventually leading to the physical fight between the female passengers and customs officials.