{"id":6215,"date":"2025-04-07T19:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/man-arrested-at-athens-airport-for-stealing-luggage\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T19:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T19:45:37","slug":"man-arrested-at-athens-airport-for-stealing-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/man-arrested-at-athens-airport-for-stealing-luggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested at Athens airport for stealing luggage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1266445\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/police_airport_web-320x200.jpg?v=1612128993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/police_airport_web.jpg?v=1612128992\" alt=\"Man arrested at Athens airport for stealing luggage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/police_airport_web.jpg?v=1612128992\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Police arrested a 43-year-old foreign national at Athens International Airport on Sunday night for allegedly stealing passenger suitcases.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect had been under surveillance following reports of repeated thefts in the arrivals area. Officers observed him on Sunday night removing a bag from the airport\u2019s parking zone and swiftly intervened, arresting him on the spot. Investigators later linked him to at least four other thefts since September 2024, exploiting crowded conditions near baggage claim.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the man is known for similar past offenses. He has been referred to the prosecutor, while police continue investigating the extent of his activity. The case has raised concerns about airport security amid heavy passenger traffic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1266445\/man-arrested-at-athens-airport-for-stealing-luggage\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested a 43-year-old foreign national at Athens International Airport on Sunday night for allegedly stealing passenger suitcases. 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Officers observed him on Sunday night removing a bag from the airport\u2019s parking zone and swiftly intervened, arresting him on the spot. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Man arrested at Athens airport for stealing luggage\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/man-arrested-at-athens-airport-for-stealing-luggage\/#more-6215\" aria-label=\"Read more about Man arrested at Athens airport for stealing luggage\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/police_airport_web.jpg?v=1612128992","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}