It would have robbed 172,000 euros in cash in full flight, by accessing the cargo hold of a plane traveling from Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, the small airport in Grand Case, on the neighboring island of St. Martin. The passenger suspected of theft was arrested Friday in the Dutch part of St. Martin. It's his cell phone, used his arrival, which allowed investigators to trace him. No evidence could be obtained on the amount that could be found in his possession during his arrest or the use he could have done banknotes stolen.
The suspected thief is a metropolitan living in Guadeloupe who went to St. Martin two or three times a month on board aircraft of the same company. It would, according to investigators, known to the justice of old facts, but of another kind, without elaborating. Custody of his traveling companion, 55, whose identity has not been revealed and cons which no charges were brought, was lifted Friday.
1.2 million euros divided into three bags of 450 000 each
The plane, an ATR-42 of Air Antilles Express on which the couple traveled, assured on the point-a-Pitre, Marigot transport in the hold of a amount in cash of 1.2 million euros, divided into three bags of 450 000 euros each, conveyed by an employee of the company that Brinks had taken place in the cabin. On arrival in Saint-Martin after 40 minutes of flight, one of three bags had been opened and 172 000 had vanished.
Investigators said a passenger traveling without checked luggage and complaining of being ill, had spent almost the entire 40 minutes of flight in the toilet of the aircraft. He had gained access to transport bags of money stored in the hold luggage, handbags, located at the rear of the camera in front of toilets and separate from the cab by a curtain normally closed by a scratch. His companion had gone to worry, repeatedly, his state of health.
The man had, shortly before landing, called for an ambulance: Supported on the track and get better excuse, he left the airport runway in discreetly, avoiding Police located the filter in the terminal. The alert was given by the hostess after the discovery of bundles of money down the toilet.
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