Taipei - Three baggage handlers at the Taipei international airport were arrested for stealing cash and other valuables from passengers' luggage, airport police said Wednesday. "Three baggage handlers have been detained for stealing a purse containing 20,000 Japanese yen (400 US dollars) from a Japanese passenger's checked-in luggage. We are investigating if more baggage handlers are involved," Liu Ke-chang, spokesman for airport police, told reporters.
The Japanese man flew from Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei to Japan's Okinawa island on November 18. When he retrieved his luggage upon arrival, he saw that it had been opened and the purse was missing, so he asked Okinawa officials to inform the Taiwanese.
During questioning Tuesday, three baggage handlers confessed to stealing from luggage for about two years, a Taoyuan airport police officer who requested anonymity told the German Press Agency
