This is the shocking moment two women were allegedly assaulted and manhandled onto a bus by airport staff who refused to give them their luggage back.

The incident took place at the Jose Marti International Airport located 15 kilometres south-west of Cuban capital Havana.

According to reports, Cuban airport officials told the women that they could not enter the country because their luggage had "new things".

They told the passengers that they were being expelled from Cuba, but without their suitcases.

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When the two women refused to leave without their luggage, they were allegedly assaulted by airport officials.

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It is not known what was in the Venezuelan women's suitcases, but neither of them was charged with an offence.

The General Customs of the Republic of Cuba (AGR) recently announced that it was giving priority to the detection of goods being smuggled into the communist Caribbean island via mules and courier services.

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In footage filmed by plane passengers, one of the Venezuelan women is seen being dragged onto a waiting bus by airport officials as she lashes out at workers.

Social media users had a lot to say on the subject.

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One anonymous social media user wrote: "These women were trying to introduce some kind of subversive propaganda or material prohibited by the government.

"That is why they were so eager to confiscate their luggage.

"They were up to something, because that was not normal for customs officers."