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(France) (AFP) - It was a mystery that had police puzzled for a while: a
rash of thefts reported by passengers who had taken the 75-minute bus
trip between Paris and Beauvais airport.
An
eagle-eyed driver has been credited with helping crack the case last
week after he spotted a suspicious suitcase being loaded onto his bus as
he prepared to drive from Paris to the airport, a hub for low-cost
airlines.
Acting
on his tip-off about a large brown bag that appeared to be moving on
its own, police at Beauvais pounced on a Romanian man who picked up the
suitcase and a smaller black rucksack as he arrived.
After
arresting him, detectives found an accomplice hidden inside the case
who, once alone in the baggage hold during the trip, would pull a strap
to unzip himself and then begin his thieving.
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