Thief pillages flight via toilet
 

An ingenious thief has swiped almost a quarter million dollars on a flight in the Caribbean after sneaking into the cash-laden cargo hold via the toilet, police say.

A Brink's security employee placed three sacks of cash containing a total 1.2 million euro in the hold of the Air Antilles plane before it headed from the French island of Guadeloupe to the Franco-Dutch island of Saint Martin.

The security guard took his seat on the ATR-42 turboprop plane but when the flight landed 40 minutes later it was discovered that 172,000 euro ($236,000) were missing from the sacks.
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Police are seeking a man who complained he felt ill and spent most of the journey in the toilet. In fact, he was removing panels to gain access to the hold in the rear of the plane.

Shortly before landing, the unnamed man - who was travelling with a woman who appeared concerned about his health - asked a hostess for an ambulance to meet him on the tarmac, witnesses said.

When the ambulance arrived, the man said he suddenly felt better and walked out of the airport without having to go through the normal security checks and disappeared, police said.

Cleaners who found bundles of notes in the toilet raised the alarm. The woman travelling with him was questioned in the baggage arrival hall but did not have any of the missing money.

LOL

I know it's wrong but I had to laugh.

Reminds me of Catch Me If You Can.

These days dollars are that worthless that some people rather wipe their asses with it.... what I dont understand is why wasnt he feeling well? Did he have a sore ass?

Brilliant :thumbsup


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to avoid security he had a bundle of cash :thumbsup

he forgot to flush it? Id want to avoid security too if i had a bundle of shit stained cash... :1orglaugh

Hats off to him for pulling that off. Sounds very risky.

what security checks i wonder. Usually when you get off a plane you just walk out, unless you are in a new country and must pass immigration.

That's some Ocean's 11 type shit there.

i like toilets

i bet he had a cold pint after a hard days work

Sounds like an inside job. The guy sure knew quite a lot about the cargo hold, the plane, the ambulance trick.

:1orglaugh

that takes balls

These are Euros we are speaking of :winkwink:

:2 cents: :thumbsup :winkwink:

that's awesome, except not worth being on the run for such little money

people have been killed for less

Smart little fucker.. Most likely an inside thing.

would have been way more gangsta if he made off with a with all the bags and the ambbulance was a getaway pickup, but meh. we'll save that for the movie adaptation.. lol

reminds me Frank Abagnale Jr.