Cab drivers refuse passengers with alcohol

[The Straight Story]

Cab drivers refuse passengers with alcohol

A growing problem at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport is making it difficult for some air passengers to catch cabs.

Some cab drivers are refusing to take passengers because they are carrying alcohol, such as bottles of wine or cases of beer, which conflicts with their religious beliefs.

"He loaded our luggage into the trunk, he saw our box carrying duty free liquor from Jamaica and told us he would have to take another cab,” says passenger Greg Kline.

Kline did not easily find another cab.

"We approached the next cab in line, he just closed the cab and took off without a passenger, as did the one next to him,” he says.

Airport staff say Muslim drivers have refused to take passengers with alcohol 922 times in the past year.

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Note to self - hide the booze.