Spanish police have arrested a man said to have smuggled himself in a case on to Barcelona airport coaches in order to burgle the luggage compartment.<\/p>\n
An alleged accomplice was also arrested after the first man was found “doubled up almost like a contortionist” inside the case, police said.
Asked what he was doing, the suitcase man, who wore a head lamp, said he had been unable to pay the coach fare. Police had been alerted after a string of thefts on the shuttle service.<\/p>\n
The alleged burglar was also found with a sharp tool apparently used for opening zips and locks, as well as a small bag and a mobile phone.<\/p>\n
Warm to the touch<\/p>\n
Police believe the man was loaded on to coaches by his accomplice, who would then reclaim him after the 90-minute return trip to Barcelona’s Girona airport.<\/p>\n
“Once the trip began, he would get out of the suitcase, search for valuable objects and hide them in a smaller bag he carried with him,” regional Catalan police were quoted as saying by AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
But last Friday, Spain’s el Periodico newspaper reports, a coach company employee noticed a man struggling to put a heavy suitcase in the hold of a coach and alerted the authorities. Police officers knocked on the case and noticed that it was warm. Inside, they found the alleged burglar, who was pouring with sweat.<\/p>\n
His alleged accomplice had already boarded the coach. The two men, both Polish citizens, were arrested for the theft of a laptop and a GPS device, while police are seeking to trace other possible burglary victims.<\/p>\n
El Periodico, which included a diagram of the alleged bus burglary scheme on its Spanish-language website, did not give details of the suitcase man’s stature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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