A DRUNK passenger ended up in a police cell instead of on a plane.

Thomas Pliszka, was drunk and disorderly in Gatwick's South Terminal on July 8.

Plizka, of Maresfield Gardens, Camden, admitted the charge at Crawley Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

He was given a conditional discharge but ordered to pay £105 in court costs.

Gatwick Police put regular patrols of officers to deter and prevent drunk people boarding