Beware - Stolen cigarettes from checked in luggage - Ercan Airport

Queen180


Joined: 13/04/2009
Posts: 399

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 20:17

Flew from Ercan to Stansted yesterday on CTA flight and 5 single packets of cigarettes have disappeared from my bag which was checked in as main luggage

catalkoykid


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 21:20

have you informed interpol

Queen180


Joined: 13/04/2009
Posts: 399

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 21:36

I wouldnt mind so much but there over £6.00 a packet here!!!!!

catalkoykid


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 21:42

tell me about it, its costing us a bundle in the uk, the trouble has always been the same at airports,you never no who took them, and at what end

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 23:41

Good job the thieves at Ercan didn't open my case on arrival last Saturday as they might have been shocked at finding half a dead sheep inside!



Richard

lovinit


Joined: 20/06/2008
Posts: 745

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 07:35

this has happened to me twice, once coming from manchester to Ercan and returning another time, goods taken from case, and all they say is claim on your insurance, cart blanche for the thieves to continue there trade.

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 07:44

5 single packets, yeah right hahaha, more like 5 sleeves now that would be a case for interpol. hahaha

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 08:21

Hi All,



Why assume the thieves are at Ercan? It is just as likely that they are at Stansted!!



Thefts from hold baggage are nothing new and cigarettes are the most common item stolen. High value and light weight allied to the probability that the owner was over their limit for Customs making it less likely that they will report the theft.



I always advise people to NEVER put anything of significant value into their hold baggage. Likewise items that you may need urgently on arrival such as medecines, etc.



Approximately 0.003% of hold baggage fails to make it's final destination at first attempt. This may seem a small number, but at airports the size of Manchester, Stansted, or Gatwick this would equate to about 3000 bags annually each. The numbers at Heathrow Paris CDG, or Frankfurt FRA are multiples of this. Many bags are also lost never to be seen again.



So is it worth entrusting your jewellery, cash, or fags in a bag you are going to be separated from for several hours?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 08:30

If it's in your hand luggage then it goes through the scanner.... lose it either way if it's over the limit.



Filthy habit give it up... you're only giving baggage handlers cancer...

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 10:05

Why pop ciggies in your case ? why not buy ciggies when arriving at the Ercan airport ? they are way cheaper at Ercan . Or have I missed something here ? just curious .

Kibris


Joined: 07/11/2007
Posts: 372

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 10:24

She was flying TO Stanstead FROM Ercn Pipie

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 11:16

The baggage handlers thought they were doing you a favour, didnt want to increase your chances of ill health!!!! Look at it as how kind they were....

hilda


Joined: 10/09/2009
Posts: 80

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 11:49

I was always thought the handlers were watched by cameras,i have read more then once, of them being caught this way,UK end anyway.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 12:47

Why would thieves at Ercan take them, cigs are so cheap here. More likely to be thieves at UK end at £6 a pkt!

Geoff

Famagusta City

Queen180


Joined: 13/04/2009
Posts: 399

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 15:12

Oh well with the weather here, expense and smoking bans think will join the rest in giving up!

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 18:58

Ooooops sorry !!!

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 20:09

Wasn't your case locked ?

redgraves


Joined: 03/11/2008
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
12/03/2010 21:05

oooopppsss sounds like you will be giving up earlier than expected. lol xxxx

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
15/03/2010 18:15

Richard Msg5

Can we assume which half of the sheep you were carrying, you being from NZ?