Police are scouring CCTV after reports that up to 30 passengers helped themselves to booze for hours at an airport bar after the taps were left on by mistake.
The passengers - believed to be waiting on a flight to Ireland - are being investigated by Merseyside police following allegations of theft of a large quantity of alcohol from a UK airport bar.
It is alleged that a group of up to 30 racing fans had helped themselves to alcohol from a closed bar at Liverpool John Lennon Airport last Wednesday night, March 16, while waiting on their departure flight.