Aer Lingus duo charged with trafficking

Two Aer Lingus workers and a Chinese national have been remanded in custody, charged with human trafficking at Dublin Airport.

Aer Lingus employees Peter Kernan, aged 56, of the Old Rectory Lodge, Celbridge, Co Kildare, and Frederick Chan, aged 61, of Railway Cottages, Hazelhatch, Celbridge, but from Hong Kong, are charged under the Human Trafficking Act with facilitating the unlawful entry of non-nationals into the State on January 9 and January 22.

Chinese national Xing Wang, 28, of no fixed abode, is charged under the Theft and Fraud Act with possessing a false Hong Kong passport at the White Car Park at Dublin Airport on Sunday, January 22.