Twice this has happened to me in recent weeks and once to Special Friend.
Between the aeroplane and the conveyor belt, seems this is unlikely to be customs.
Are the baggage handlers going for a quick dip to see if they can grab anything of worth?
On the last occasion whoever did it managed to break the zip on a very good case.
Bags Arriving Open at PP Airport
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It wouldn't be the first time: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-0 ... 399359.htm
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Cambodian court has charged seven Cambodia Airports baggage handlers with theft and aggravating circumstances, the crimes that can face a jail term of up to 10 years if convicted, a court spokesman and a local police chief said on Tuesday.
Police arrested them late last month for allegedly breaking open passengers' luggage and stealing their belongings at the Siem Reap International Airport in northwestern Siem Reap province.
Some suspects confessed to stealing passengers' valuables up to 100 times, the police said.
"The court has charged them with theft and aggravating circumstances under Article 353 and Article 357 of the Criminal Code," Yin Srang, a spokesman for the Siem Reap Provincial Court, told Xinhua. "The court has decided to put them in pre-trial detention."
Under the charges, the suspects could be imprisoned from three years to 10 years, according to the kingdom's Criminal Code.
The spokesman said the accused, all are men, had broken open passengers' or tourists' suitcases and had stolen their valuables from 2017 to Aug. 26, 2019.
Colonel Hang Sophat Phearom, chief of Siem Reap provincial police's minor crime bureau, said the group was arrested following complaints from the airport's security unit.
"During their interrogations, some suspects confessed to the thefts and said they had broken into passengers' luggage up to 100 times," he told Xinhua, adding that after their arrests, police had seized evidence linking them to the thefts, including penknives used to cut luggage zips or break locks.
Phearom said police are searching for other accomplices who are on the run.
"I think after we have arrested these suspects, passengers feel safe now, not worrying about losing their valuables anymore," he said, adding that since the arrest, the police have not received any new complaint of losing passengers' belongings at the airport.
The National Police has reported that the airport's security camera footage had recorded their latest offences on Aug. 25-26.
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- A Cambodian court has charged seven Cambodia Airports baggage handlers with theft and aggravating circumstances, the crimes that can face a jail term of up to 10 years if convicted, a court spokesman and a local police chief said on Tuesday.
Police arrested them late last month for allegedly breaking open passengers' luggage and stealing their belongings at the Siem Reap International Airport in northwestern Siem Reap province.
Some suspects confessed to stealing passengers' valuables up to 100 times, the police said.
"The court has charged them with theft and aggravating circumstances under Article 353 and Article 357 of the Criminal Code," Yin Srang, a spokesman for the Siem Reap Provincial Court, told Xinhua. "The court has decided to put them in pre-trial detention."
Under the charges, the suspects could be imprisoned from three years to 10 years, according to the kingdom's Criminal Code.
The spokesman said the accused, all are men, had broken open passengers' or tourists' suitcases and had stolen their valuables from 2017 to Aug. 26, 2019.
Colonel Hang Sophat Phearom, chief of Siem Reap provincial police's minor crime bureau, said the group was arrested following complaints from the airport's security unit.
"During their interrogations, some suspects confessed to the thefts and said they had broken into passengers' luggage up to 100 times," he told Xinhua, adding that after their arrests, police had seized evidence linking them to the thefts, including penknives used to cut luggage zips or break locks.
Phearom said police are searching for other accomplices who are on the run.
"I think after we have arrested these suspects, passengers feel safe now, not worrying about losing their valuables anymore," he said, adding that since the arrest, the police have not received any new complaint of losing passengers' belongings at the airport.
The National Police has reported that the airport's security camera footage had recorded their latest offences on Aug. 25-26.
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Kinell. 10 years is a disincentive for me to report it but not it seems for a tea leaf to carry on doing it.
Looking at the bag, the zip has been cut right at the bottom.
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Looking at the bag, the zip has been cut right at the bottom.
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Try & buy luggage with clasps a bit more secure than a zip, all you need is a ballpoint pen to gain easy access.
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You should complain and take them to court. Easy win, as it is an opened and shut case
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I always wrap my luggage when I travel with check-in bags, added bonus it protects the luggage itself from damage.
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I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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Yes but where do you find Christmas wrapping paper in March though?
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My apologies, I was thinking of a worst case scenario.
"Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the notion that white people can give anybody their freedom." Stokely Carmichael
Buy a roll of 2 inch wide tape and wrap in several directions and covering the zipper. Also makes it easier to spot your bag on the carasel amongst all the other bags.Chroy Changvarite wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:39 amYes but where do you find Christmas wrapping paper in March though?
You can do that?Cooker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:46 amBuy a roll of 2 inch wide tape and wrap in several directions and covering the zipper. Also makes it easier to spot your bag on the carasel amongst all the other bags.Chroy Changvarite wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:39 amYes but where do you find Christmas wrapping paper in March though?
Thing is they quite often arrive with the little customs tape on them from Bangkok, which I presume means they've opened them there.
RobW wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:57 amYou can do that?Cooker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:46 amBuy a roll of 2 inch wide tape and wrap in several directions and covering the zipper. Also makes it easier to spot your bag on the carasel amongst all the other bags.Chroy Changvarite wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:39 amYes but where do you find Christmas wrapping paper in March though?
Thing is they quite often arrive with the little customs tape on them from Bangkok, which I presume means they've opened them there.
most airports now have the bag wrapper where for a few shekels you can wrap your bag up like a mummy - sorted
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