In-flight theft is soaring in Asia


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Keep your wallet or purse with you at all times during a flight, especially if you have to store your carry-on bag away from your seat. — Pixabay

Air passengers hoping to get a nap during a flight might be best adviced to keep one eye open and their wits about them. This is following a warning by Singapore's police that criminal gangs are behind a recent upsurge in reported theft on flights over Asia.

"They will only take some cash and maybe one or two cards. They won’t take your whole wallet, because if they do, it is easier to notice," Malathi Muthu Veran, Singapore's airport police commander, told local media in late June.

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