Police arrest passenger who boarded plane in Hong Kong as an old man in flat cap and arrived in Canada a young Asian refugee

 'Unbelievable concealment': The plane passenger boarded with a silicone face and neck mask that gave him the appearance of an old man. He agreed to put the disguise on to be photographed after being picked up on arrival in Canada

Hong Kong International Airport, where the man boarded the plane

It reads like a plotline from the hi-tech Mission: Impossible spy films.
Elderly white man in flat cap, brown cardigan and thin-rimmed specs boards plane in Hong Kong and alights in Canada as a young Asian man.
However, the suspicions of eagle-eyed staff as he was boarding were aroused by his strangely youthful hands.
And when the old man didn't disembark the flight at Canada's Vancouver airport, police swooped and discovered an astonishing plot.
In what Canadian authorities are describing as an 'unbelievable case of concealment', it transpires that the young man had boarded the plane in elaborate disguise with a silicone face and neck mask - and switched identities in the plane toilet in mid-air. 
An intelligence alert released by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) stated: 'Information was received from Air Canada Corporate Security regarding a possible imposter on a flight originating from Hong Kong.
'The passenger in question was observed at the beginning of the flight to be an elderly Caucasian male who appeared to have young looking hands.
'During the flight the subject attended the washroom and emerged an Asian-looking male that appeared to be in his early 20s.'
On landing, the passenger was escorted off the plane by Border Services Officers, who he then asked for refugee status.
The passenger, who isn't being named due to privacy laws in Canada, initially denied the incident, claiming he had only the one bag he was carrying.
But when the authorities confronted him with two more bags, one of which contained the peeled-off silicone face and neck mask, he capitulated.
The alert stated: 'One bag contained the subject's personal clothing items while the second contained a pair of gloves.
'The third contained a disguise kit which consisted of a silicone type head and neck mask of an elderly Caucasian male, a brown leather cap, glasses and a thin brown cardigan.'
The authorities then requested the passenger put the disguise back on so they could confirm their suspicions, and noted that he even mimicked the movements of an elderly person for them.
Jennifer Bourque, regional communications officer for the CBSA, confirmed the body had 'intercepted an individual, on October 29, attempting to enter Canada under false pretenses on-board an Air Canada flight.
'CBSA can confirm that the foreign national is currently in CBSA detention.'