A baggage handler stole an iPhone, a pair of sunglasses and two boxes of playing cards from an Emirates Airlines plane.
At Dubai Criminal Court on Sunday the Nepali man admitted to stealing the items which were left behind by passengers.
The 29-year-old said he began stealing passengers’ belongings in September last year after he noticed an open bag on a flight heading to Karachi, Pakistan and took a mobile phone from it.
In October last year he stole playing cards from an aircraft and in March this year he stole sunglasses left behind by a passenger.
He said he took the items for himself.
The man was caught after he stole two packs of playing cards – worth Dh4 - and iPhone 5s in April this year.
“We received a report from Emirates Airlines in March that the man was caught after he entered an aircraft pretending he wanted to drink water then stole sunglasses, when we questioned him, he admitted the other thefts,” said a police corporal, 31.
The 31-year-old said he searched the baggage handler’s residence where he found all of the stolen items, valued at Dh794.
The man will receive his verdict in court on July 30.
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What is the definition of an SME?
SMEs in the UAE are defined by the number of employees, annual turnover and sector. For example, a “small company” in the services industry has six to 50 employees with a turnover of more than Dh2 million up to Dh20m, while in the manufacturing industry the requirements are 10 to 100 employees with a turnover of more than Dh3m up to Dh50m, according to Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development.
A “medium-sized company” can either have staff of 51 to 200 employees or 101 to 250 employees, and a turnover less than or equal to Dh200m or Dh250m, again depending on whether the business is in the trading, manufacturing or services sectors.
