Man arrested for allegedly stealing money from passenger during flight to Singapore
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SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing money from a fellow passenger during a flight to Singapore on Feb 4.
According to preliminary investigations, a passenger saw the man, a Chinese national, touching her bag on the overhead compartment of the aircraft, the police said on Feb 5.
After confronting him and checking her bag, she discovered that US$885 (S$1,193) in cash was missing.
When the plane landed at Changi Airport, officers from the Airport Police Division conducted an investigation with the cabin crew’s assistance.
They managed to locate the missing cash in another overhead compartment where the man had placed it.
The man will be charged in court for theft, an offence which carries a jail term of up to three years, a fine, or both.
