Hong Kong police arrest man over stealing credit cards on flight from Abu Dhabi

Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing five credit cards from the luggage of two passengers on a flight from Abu Dhabi to the city, the Post has learned.

A source said on Friday that the man, 52, was arrested a day earlier at Hong Kong International Airport after two passengers filed reports with authorities.

The insider said another passenger, 41, had witnessed the suspect take the credit cards from a 34-year-old woman’s luggage, which was stored in an overhead compartment as she slept, on the flight from the United Arab Emirates.

The woman woke up to find the suspect holding her bag and two of her credit cards placed on a seat, the source said.

According to the source, the witness alerted the aircrew after he saw the suspect take something out of his trouser pocket and place it on the seat, with the item turning out to be three credit cards wrapped in a piece of tissue paper.

The three cards belonged to a 37-year-old man, the insider said.