AICHI, Jul 18 (News On Japan) –
A person in his 30s from Aichi Prefecture has been referred to prosecutors for abandoning a suitcase at Chubu Centrair International Airport. The case highlights a rising subject of unclaimed baggage being left behind on the airport.
“This is a portion of the suitcases currently kept as lost items at the Chubu Airport Police Station,” reported a neighborhood journalist.
Since the start of the 12 months, roughly 80 unclaimed suitcases have been discovered deserted in locations such because the airport foyer.
According to Yuho Tanaka from the Chubu International Airport Information Group, “There’s been a visible increase since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
While many of the circumstances are believed to contain international vacationers, the person referred to prosecutors this time reportedly found simply earlier than departure that his suitcase exceeded the airline’s dimension restrictions. He is claimed to have emptied the contents and left the suitcase behind.
Suitcases discovered on the airport are handled as “suspicious items” and should bear X-ray screening and different inspections. Police are urging vacationers to take full accountability for disposing of their belongings correctly.
Source: TBS