July⢠2018 | 77READERâS DIGESTâandputthemintohispocket.So
farsogood:ifonlyhehadnâtgiven
intovanity!Ashewasleavingthe
dressingroomhelookedinthe
mirror and unbelievably became
concerned with how dishevelled
his beard was. Grabbing an electric
shaverofanearbyshelfhequickly
trimmedhisbeard.Sadlyforthe
thieftheshopassistantsintheVan-
taa Finland store had noticed his
strange behaviour and he was pulled
aside when he tried to go through the
checkout. he headphones were dis-
coveredinhispocket.hemanwas
then charged with shoplifting and
property crime.Ver y Sneak y
SUITCASESbelonging to passengers
on buses going to Beauvais Airport
outside of Paris were being pilfered.
Police were baffled. When and how
could a thief get into the luggage com-
partment of the bus steal from suit-
cases and then get out again without
being seen?
hen an observant driver noticed
a passenger with a backpack and an
enormous suitcase with something
inside that was moving! He alerted
the authorities. Police stopped the
man as he arrived at the airport
and found his rucksack contained
laptops money and valuables. His
suitcase contained a âcurled up
individualâ.
The scam became clear. Once in
the luggage compartment the thief
hiding in the suitcase would sneak
out steal whatever he could find
load up the backpack and get back
into the suitcase before arriving at the
airport. he thief and his accomplice
were respectively sentenced to eight
and 12 months in jail.Smoke and Mirrors
LOOKING TO SWIPEsome ciga-
rettes three crooks smashed their
way through the glass doors of a rural