Mini-thief packed in luggage robbing Swedish buses

A gang of thieves is employing Trojan Horse tactics by smuggling a 'short person' - a dwarf or child - on Swedish buses inside a large bag in order to ransack other bags in the luggage compartment.

Thieves are believed to have been robbing Swedish coaches by smuggling a "short person" into luggage compartments inside a large bag, the coach operator said yesterday.



Swebus, which operates coach services across Sweden, said cash and a number of items went missing from bags on two separate occasions this month.

"We think it is a short, young person", Ingvar Ryggasjo, sales manager for Swebus, said. "We are taking extra security measures and are thinking of installing video surveillance cameras."