Vietnam stewardess arrested in Japan

From Bangkok Post

TOKYO – Tokyo police said Wednesday they have arrested a 25-year-old female cabin attendant of Vietnam Airlines on suspicion of attempting to smuggle stolen goods into Vietnam and searched the carrier’s Tokyo office.

A Vietnam Airline aircraft is seen at the Phu Quoc International Airport in Kien Giang May 27, 2013. Tuoi Tre

The Metropolitan Police Department suspects about 20 other Vietnam Airlines employees have also been involved in smuggling and have asked five of them to submit to the department. The five — a copilot and four cabin attendants — are currently outside Japan.

The cabin attendant, Nguyen Bich Ngoc, is suspected to have transported 21 items of stolen clothing worth 125,000 yen (40,000 baht) aboard a special bus for the carrier from an Osaka Prefecture hotel to Kansai International Airport last September.

She allegedly attempted to smuggle the stolen clothes at the request of a 30-year-old Vietnamese female resident in Japan who has been indicted for buying stolen goods.

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