2023-11-08 13:58:58
The total value of the items obtained by the suspect in the past two years is as high as 373 million won (approximately NT$8.86 million). (Photo taken from Incheon Police Station)
An airport theft occurred at Incheon Airport in South Korea. The perpetrator was not an ordinary thief but an airline contractor employee who loaded and unloaded luggage. After receiving the report last year, the police used surveillance images and internal staff lists to trace the case. The suspect was finally arrested and detained recently. A lot of stolen goods. It is estimated that the suspect stole property worth up to 373 million won (approximately NT$8.86 million) from passengers’ luggage in the past two years. Investigation also found that the suspect specifically targeted business class passengers, and the password of the victim’s luggage was Most of them are “0000” or “1111”.
According to “Yonhap News Agency”, the Incheon International Airport police announced today (8th) that a 41-year-old employee of an airline contractor was arrested on the charge of theft. He was suspected of being involved in the 1st and 1st of Incheon International Airport from November 2021 to the 6th of last month. Terminal 2 stole financial items from passengers’ checked luggage more than 200 times. Not only did they obtain jewelry and cash, but also Hermès bags worth 40 million won (approximately NT$980,000) and 8 million won (approximately NT$190,000). ) Chanel clothes, totaling up to 373 million won (approximately NT$8.86 million).
After receiving more than a dozen related reports in March last year, the police immediately launched an investigation. Through surveillance footage and filtering airline employee lists, they identified a contractor who worked for the airline and was responsible for loading and unloading checked baggage, and closed the network on the 4th. , a large amount of stolen goods were also seized in his office, home and car. After being arrested, the suspect claimed that he committed the crime to raise living expenses. Further investigation will follow to see whether the suspect sold the stolen goods.
The police pointed out that there are usually six people in groups for loading and unloading checked baggage. The suspect used the two sets of passwords “0000” and “1111” to decrypt business class passengers while his colleagues were taking a break before the flight took off or when they were doing the final inspection alone. The suspects opened luggage locks and stole property. Many of the passengers did not even lock their luggage. After the suspects succeeded, they hid the stolen goods in work clothes or disguised as laundry and took them out of the airport. The identities of some of the victims have been confirmed, but they have not yet been found. For the remaining owners of items worth 150 million won (approximately NT$3.56 million), the police also set up a special hotline to provide consultation to the victims.
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