3 May, 2019 @ 17:04
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British expat arrested for alleged theft of fellow Briton’s iPad at Malaga airport ‘hangs out in arrivals waiting for victims’

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A BRITISH expat has been arrested for allegedly swiping a fellow Brit’s tablet at Malaga airport. 

The unnamed 45-year-old snatched his alleged victim’s backpack which contained the device, worth around €700, earlier this week.

According to police the tourist, from England, had just landed from the UK and had only taken his eye off his bag for a moment when he realised it had been snatched.

Policia Nacional at the airport reacted quickly and soon tracked down the brazen thief.

The suspect is described as being known to police and ‘regularly frequents the arrival area’, according to La Opinion de Malaga.

A quick search of the Brit uncovered the missing tablet and the latest model of a popular smart phone, which cops believe may belong to another victim.

The investigation continues.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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