Baggage handlers arrested at Lisbon airport for theft

BY TPN/ LUSA,

Several baggage handling employees at Lisbon airport were arrested on Friday by the police for theft from luggage in aircraft holds.

The Lisbon police force said that the operation, which began on Thursday, netted several airport workers and two others who did not work in the airport.

The police said the suspects “repeatedly and discretely stole objects that were easily accessible in the luggage in the planes’ holds and that could be hidden before being removed from the restricted areas of the airport.

The police said the favour items that were stolen were electronic equipment, jewellery, watches, glasses and cash.