Mogadishu, A court has on Tuesday fined British National, Andrew Brian Irlam USD 7,000 for compromising security at Aden Abdulle International Airports. Brian was arrested by Somali airport security agencies while trying to board airline to the United Arab Emirates with a bullet-proof vest and seven rounds of ammunition. The Banadir court dismissed two other charges leveled against the UK National.
The incident comes just months after another A British security contractor, Antony Cox, who was working in Somalia for the American security company, Bancroft Global Development was arrested at Somalia’s main airport in the capital, Mogadishu, after security agencies discovered tear gas canisters in his bag ahead of departure from the country of Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Antony Cox was charged with endangering public safety.