Dhaka Airport: Luggage thief caught in act
His “profession” involved taking advantage of the emotions of expatriates, mostly migrant workers.
Whenever expats -- leaving years of woes behind and overwhelmed with excitement -- arrived in the country, he was on the move.
Absent-minded expatriates were his prey. At the first sign of someone preoccupied with the bliss of finally returning home, he got to work.
He stole their handbags and small luggage that store the expats’ valuables.
Abdul Qadir (45) had been doing this for months at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, but his luck finally ran out as he was caught red-handed on Friday.
“After receiving complaints, we increased surveillance and arrested him. We was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment upon confession,” Ahmed Zamil, executive magistrate at the airport, who led the drive, told The Daily Star yesterday.
The magistrate said they had video footage from which it was clear that Qadir was stealing handbags of three expats.
Qadir was not an employee of the airport but he used to stand near the canopy and pretended that he came to receive a relative, he added.
Qadir is now in Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
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