Man who allegedly stole cash on Scoot flight charged in court on 6 Feb

A man who allegedly stole US$885 (S$1,200) in cash on a Scoot flight was nabbed thanks to an alert female passenger who caught him in the act and called him out on board.

The 31-year-old woman named only as Ms Pan (transliterated from Mandarin) related her account of the incident to Shin Min Daily News, saying she’d noticed the man behaving suspiciously even before boarding the plane.

Man seen rummaging in overhead cabin

Ms Pan said the man was constantly checking her out while waiting to board the flight from South Korea’s Jeju Island to Singapore.

After boarding, she sat in a middle seat while the man took his seat in another row nearby.

She fell asleep, but about half an hour before landing she was awoken by a noise and saw him rummaging in the overhead cabin.