BEIJING, Aug. 25 (UPI) — Police in Beijing said a woman who wasn’t allowed to bring a bottle of expensive cognac on a plane chugged the entire bottle at airport security.
Police said a woman identified by the surname Zhao had the bottle of Remy Martin XO Excellence cognac in her carry-on luggage Friday at Beijing Capital International Airport when security workers told her the item would not be allowed on the plane.
Zhao apparently decided to drink the entire bottle on the spot rather than allow it to go to waste, and police officers said they found her shouting and screaming on the floor at her boarding gate, unable to stand on her own.
The woman was taken in a wheelchair to a room where she could rest after the captain of her Wenzhou-bound flight decided not to allow her on board, police said.
Zhao, who police said had purchased the liquor for about $200 during a trip to the United States and was at the airport to transfer to a domestic flight, woke up a few hours later and thanked police for taking care of her. They said she was not detained or charged with any crime.
