A plane passenger smuggling weapons was caught after he lit up a cigarette in the bathroom and flight attendants smelled the smoke, prosecutor says

• Flight crew smelled smoke coming from the bathroom on a flight from Turkey to Leeds, UK, in 2021.
• After landing, UK Border Force officers arrested the 51-year-old suspect and searched his bag.
• They found brass knuckles and a stun gun disguised as a lighter, a prosecutor said in court last week.

A 51-year-old man smuggling weapons into the UK in 2021 was caught after lighting up a cigarette in an airplane lavatory, a prosecutor said in court last week, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.