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Your bodyguard Dominic Raab, Britain’s foreign minister, was “removed from his operational duties” after leaving his loaded gun on a plane that landed at the airport on Friday. Heathrow, reports the BBC.
A cleaner found the weapon, a Glock 19 pistol, still in its holster, on a seat on a United Airlines plane that had landed in London.
The British official was returning from the United States, where he spoke to American politicians about Brexit.
Scotland Yard has announced that an investigation has been opened.
“We are aware of the incident on an airplane on September 18, and we will treat this case very seriously. The officer in question was withdrawn from operational functions during the internal investigation, “said a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police.
The Sun writes that Dominic Raab’s bodyguard drew his gun with a heel and placed it on a chair before escorting the politician from the plane.
It is not the first such incident in the UK. In February, a bodyguard of former Prime Minister David Cameron was investigated after he forgot his weapon in the plane’s bathroom. The weapon was found by a passenger, along with the former prime minister’s passport.
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