A flight passenger, Kofi Badu, has narrated how he narrowly escaped being implicated in drugs related crime by a seemingly friendly elderly woman who was his seatmate on a flight to Dubai.

In a video circulating social media on Monday, Badu recounted, There was this day, an old lady comes in and sits next to me inside the plane she asked me to help her put her bag in the overhead luggage compartment¦ she strikes up a conversation she was very pleasant and well spoken so we chatted all through the flight to Dubai.

However, as the flight neared its destination, the situation took a concerning turn. Suddenly when the pilot announced that we were now proceeding to begin our descent into DXP my good friend developed stomach pains. Me with my good heart I pressed the stewards button¦ and this lady suddenly began to address me as ˜my son, Badu recalled.

It was then that a fellow passengers warning proved crucial. The same gentleman who helped put up her luggage in the overhead compartment removed her luggage but as he removed the luggage, he advised me to distance myself from this lady and make it clear to the cabin crew that we were not travelling together. This man was a God-sent, Badu said.

Upon landing, the elderly womans true intentions became apparent as she attempted to implicate Badu in her drug-trafficking scheme.

As we waited for our luggage to come through I didnt hear this commotion; my new friend was running trying to escape the cabin crew luckily the airport police were faster than her they got hold of her and brought her back in handcuffs and this lady starts calling out me ˜my son ˜my son ˜how could you do this to me? thats when I caught on she was carrying drugs and she was trying to implicate me, Badu revealed.

Fortunately, the fellow passengers testimony and a lack of physical evidence linking Badu to the drugs cleared him of any wrongdoing. Luckily for me, the gentleman who had helped her with her luggage came forward and told the airport police that me and her had just met on the plane, Badu stated.

The ordeal left Badu with a cautionary message for frequent flyers. I was let go with advice never ever to touch anyones luggage either on a flight or at the airport so from that day I dont care how much luggage you have he will deal with it yourself, I will not even offer you a trolley to put your luggage on your luggage your problem that is my new policy and if you cant reach the overhead compartment and I am the nearest person please call the cabin crew because all Ill do is give you a blank stare and then look away. This is a simple advice Im just saying it please think about it. (The PUNCH)