For weeks police were puzzled by困惑 repeated thefts竊盜 from suitcases firmly locked牢牢鎖緊 inside the luggage compartment房 of a coach travelling between Girona Airport and Barcelona.
After one journey when bags had again been broken into, one of the passengers pointed out a large, suspicious suitcase手提箱. Police opened it and to their amazement驚愕 found a man curled up捲曲 inside. With the help of an accomplice幫兇, 同伙人, who was also arrested, the six-foot contortionist柔術 had crammed擠 himself inside.
His friend bought a bus ticket and put the case into the luggage hold. Once the bus set off the man in the case clambered out爬出來, opened other suitcases in the hold looking for valuables貴重物品. Before the bus pulled into the stop in Barcelona he had zipped himself back into his hiding place. Police are reported to have described the crime as an 'open and shut case'.
Adam Mynott, BBC News
After one journey when bags had again been broken into, one of the passengers pointed out a large, suspicious suitcase手提箱. Police opened it and to their amazement驚愕 found a man curled up捲曲 inside. With the help of an accomplice幫兇, 同伙人, who was also arrested, the six-foot contortionist柔術 had crammed擠 himself inside.
His friend bought a bus ticket and put the case into the luggage hold. Once the bus set off the man in the case clambered out爬出來, opened other suitcases in the hold looking for valuables貴重物品. Before the bus pulled into the stop in Barcelona he had zipped himself back into his hiding place. Police are reported to have described the crime as an 'open and shut case'.
Adam Mynott, BBC News
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