CANBERRA, ACT, March 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Queensland man is expected to appear before Southport Magistrates Court today (3 March, 2025), charged with allegedly vaping and committing an indecent act on a flight bound for the Gold Coast last December.
AFP officers at Gold Coast Airport responded to a request from an airline on New Year's Eve (31 December, 2024), after it had arrived from Melbourne.
It will be alleged the man, 24, vaped into his jumper during the flight and inappropriately touched a female passenger when she returned from the bathroom. The passenger alerted airline staff to the incident, who then notified the AFP.
The man was charged with:
* One count ofsmoking on an aircraf...