Airport bag searches at UK airport may have been illegal

Border officials at one of Britain’s busiest airports could have conducted illegal searches of luggage without passengers’ knowledge, inspectors have warned.

Airport bag searches at UK airport may have been illegal
Thu, 28 Feb, 2013 - 08:42

Border officials at one of Britain’s busiest airports could have conducted illegal searches of luggage without passengers’ knowledge, inspectors have warned.

Border Force staff seized 1,147 pieces of luggage as a result of secret baggage searches at Birmingham Airport in the year to September.

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