Greek police say they have arrested two women for allegedly stealing other passengers’ luggage from the baggage claim area in Athens’ international airport.
Airport police said in a statement on Thursday the two Greek women were arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of having stolen at least eight suitcases since last November. Authorities said the women allegedly carried out the thefts after landing on domestic flights.
It said a police search of their home in Athens found suitcases containing clothes, shoes, wallets, hats, purses and eyeglasses, as well as small amounts of cash in various currencies, including Angolan kwanza, Bulgarian lev, Polish zlotys, South African rand, Russian rubles and Swedish krona.
The two women, who were not identified in accordance with Greek law, were to appear before a prosecutor for a preliminary court hearing. [AP]
When travelling through US baggage claim areas I was often stopped by security and asked to produce the passenger half of the baggage tag which they then compared with the tag on the bag. That has never happened to me at any Greek airport or any airport in Europe.
Greek authorities have faith to passengers’ honesty