Two women held for theft at Delhi's international airport

Indian police arrested two women for bag lifting at the international airport in the capital Delhi on Sunday night, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported Tuesday.
The arrests came after a visitor chased and caught one of them running away with a bag from his car, police said. Her accomplice was caught by a constable as she tried to divert attention by opening a door of the visitor's car.
Police believed the duo was part of gang of thieves that struck passengers and visitors at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, according to the news report.
In the past one month, around ten cases of theft have been reported at the airport. Police suspected the gang members hailed from south India. The thieves return to their native places to sell off the stolen article and travel down to Delhi again to make fresh strikes, police said.
26/09/07 Xinhua/People's Daily Online, China

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Categories: Airports Sep 2007