7 months' jail for Chinese national who stole credit card from bag in overhead compartment on plane

A 30-year-old Chinese national was on Sept 13 jailed seven months for theft on board an aircraft, said the police on Sept 20.

Jiang Yangbo had on May 16 taken a bag belonging to another passenger from the overhead compartment and stolen a credit card from the bag before returning the bag to the compartment.

After the plane landed at Changi Airport, another passenger, who had witnessed what Jiang did, alerted the bag owner after noticing that the bag did not belong to Jiang.

The witness and the bag owner then approached an auxiliary police officer, who arrested Jiang.

You are advised to adopt the following crime prevention measures:

• Keep your cash or valuables with you at all times instead of placing them inside the overhead luggage compartments.
• Be wary and keep a lookout for passengers who are seen opening up overhead compartments and retrieving baggage and rummaging through them during the flight.
• Alert the cabin crew immediately of such suspicious behaviour.

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