Just when you thought it was safe to travel, a bunch of two-bit thieves get caught red-handed stealing items from checked baggage.
Quoted passage from news article: (NY Times)
BAGGAGE THIEVES BAGGED After police staged a months-long undercover sting, five baggage handlers at Kennedy Airport were charged last week with stealing laptop computers, cameras, compact discs and cash from the checked bags of passengers, according to the Queens district attorney's office, which estimated the total value of the stolen goods to be $23,000. The baggage handlers who were charged in the thefts were employees of Swissport USA, which transports luggage and cargo from terminals to aircraft. Some of the stolen goods were sold to undercover detectives or on eBay, the online auction house. Since April, about two dozen employees of the Transportation Security Administration have been arrested on charges of stealing from checked bags at six airports.
[Just thoughts: Can we cut off their hands?]
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