Ben Gurion border officers arrested for indecent assault
Two men suspected of inappropriately touching women under cover of carrying out their duties
Illustrative: Security seen at the departure hall of Ben Gurion International Airport on July 23, 2013. Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
Two border control workers at Ben Gurion airport in Lod have been arrested for indecent assault on female passengers.
The two, in their 20s, are suspected of inappropriately touching women under the guise of carrying out their duties at a border control point.
Police, with the assistance of airport officials, opened an investigation into the suspects’ actions. The two men were to be brought to the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
Police were looking for more testimony in the case and asked women who believe they may have been victims of the two to come forward and lodge a complaint.