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Abandoned baby found near Soekarno-Hatta airport
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A baby boy was found alive and healthy by the side of the road near Soekarno-Hatta arport early morning on Monday. (Shutterstock/File)
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baby boy was found crying by the edge of Jl. Perimeter Selatan, near Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Monday morning.
Soekarno-Hatta airport spokesman Haerul Anwar said the baby was found alive and healthy.
“The baby was found by a PT Gatran company employee named Idup. He then directly reported the finding to an aviation security officer,” Haerul said as quoted by kompas.com.
Haerul said the baby was found at 5:40 a.m when Idup was driving through the road. Idup heard a baby crying out loud and so he searched for the source of the noise
Idup found the baby lying on the grass covered with a cloth.
The baby, which is estimated to be 1 month old, was then taken to the health office of the airport to be fed before being handed over to the airport police to be taken care of. (gis)
