PHUKET: Stewardesses on a flight about to depart from Phuket for Finland alerted authorities yesterday to the theft of duty free perfumes, watches, a neclace and two powerbanks.
Royal Thai Navy officers, airport security and investigators from Tachatchai Police Station arrested an airport worker - latest in a series of thieves caught at Phuket International Airport.
Air crew discovered the missing items from the duty free trolley about 1.30pm yesterday as they checked the manifest before Finnair flight AY038 took off for Helsinki.
Missing were eight perfumes of different brands, two powerbanks, five watches and a necklace, with a total value of about 200,000 baht.
Sittichai Srirat, 28, who had helped to load the aircraft, was swiftly arrested.
He told investigators he hoped to resell the items.
It was the third theft at the airport in five days, with a baggage handler arrested over the theft of a pair of pink women's runners from luggage and a Frenchman arrested at the weekend in the departure lounge for thieving an Italian man's mobile telephone.
Royal Thai Navy officers, airport security and investigators from Tachatchai Police Station arrested an airport worker - latest in a series of thieves caught at Phuket International Airport.
Air crew discovered the missing items from the duty free trolley about 1.30pm yesterday as they checked the manifest before Finnair flight AY038 took off for Helsinki.
Missing were eight perfumes of different brands, two powerbanks, five watches and a necklace, with a total value of about 200,000 baht.
Sittichai Srirat, 28, who had helped to load the aircraft, was swiftly arrested.
He told investigators he hoped to resell the items.
It was the third theft at the airport in five days, with a baggage handler arrested over the theft of a pair of pink women's runners from luggage and a Frenchman arrested at the weekend in the departure lounge for thieving an Italian man's mobile telephone.
Phuket airport is not a big but is a important tourist airport.
It's reputation is on steak.
I know that most employees in different departments and shops on Phuket airport know each other.
It is time the Phuket airport management gets her act together and screen job applicants on their past job(s) performance, plus a 'no crime record' from police authorities.
Posted by Kurt on December 1, 2015 09:35
Editor Comment:
The problem is likely to be in contract roles, not among direct airport employees, Kurt.