{"id":5617,"date":"2023-12-18T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:03:09","slug":"workers-at-holiday-island-airport-held-after-1-7m-of-items-vanish-from-luggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/workers-at-holiday-island-airport-held-after-1-7m-of-items-vanish-from-luggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers at holiday island airport held after \u2018\u00a31.7m of items vanish from luggage\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/feed?app_id=458584288257241&amp;link=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2Fworkers-holiday-island-airport-held-154154097.html%3Fsoc_src%3Dsocial-sh%26soc_trk%3Dfb%26tsrc%3Dfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Workers%20at%20holiday%20island%20airport%20held%20after%20%E2%80%98%C2%A31.7m%20of%20items%20vanish%20from%20luggage%E2%80%99&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2Fworkers-holiday-island-airport-held-154154097.html%3Fsoc_src%3Dsocial-sh%26soc_trk%3Dtw%26tsrc%3Dtwtr&amp;via=yahooNewsUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Workers%20at%20holiday%20island%20airport%20held%20after%20%E2%80%98%C2%A31.7m%20of%20items%20vanish%20from%20luggage%E2%80%99&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2Fworkers-holiday-island-airport-held-154154097.html%3Fsoc_src%3Dsocial-sh%26soc_trk%3Dma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>According to Spanish authorities, 14 employees of an airport frequented by vacationers from the UK have been detained on suspicion of stealing goods from luggage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Tenerife South airport in the Canary Islands of Spain, officers apprehended a group of employees in possession of purportedly stolen goods valued at about two million euros, or \u00a31.7 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty more employees are the subject of an investigation. Tenerife&#8217;s main source of incoming tourists is the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Canary Islands government, there were about 2.3 million visitors to the island from UK citizens last year, compared to 800,000 from mainland Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tenerife South airport is served by airlines such as easyJet, Ryanair and British Airways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National police force\u00a0Guardia Civil\u00a0launched an investigation after a spike in passenger complaints about items missing from their luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said the thefts happened after baggage was placed in the hold of planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airport workers forced open suitcases, took out valuables and shut them, leaving no sign of tampering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Screens designed to stop luggage moving during flights were positioned to hide their actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers removed stolen items from the airport using hidden compartments inside clothing and equipment, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of Brit tourists heading to Tenerife has increased since the pre-pandemic, with the island welcoming 8% more visitors from the UK from January to August this year compared with 2019.<\/p>\n<!-- wpsso rrssb get buttons: buttons on archive option not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Spanish authorities, 14 employees of an airport frequented by vacationers from the UK have been detained on suspicion of stealing goods from luggage. 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