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Airport thief nearly made a clean getaway in plane
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-05-18 13:59

Police had to stop a plane and arrest a passenger who stole another man's bag at the airport.

The plane was taxiing on the airport runway when police in Wuhan, Hubei province, asked the pilot to stop.

A passenger surnamed Wang alerted police after his bag containing 10,000 yuan ($1,464) cash, eight bank cards with 80,000 yuan in savings and an expensive mobile phone was snatched while he was checking in at Tianhe airport.

A passenger surnamed Xie, 40, was seen on video grabbing the bag.

(Chutian Jinbao News)