An airport worker almost got away with stealing a traveller’s suitcase but was tripped up by one small detail: the bag he stole had an Apple Watch inside. Paola Garcia beat police to the home of a man who stole her luggage thanks to the tracking feature in her Apple Watch. Garcia’s holiday ended on a sour note when she arrived at Florida ’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport but her bag did not.
Desperate to be reunited with her small hard-shell bag, which had her MacBook laptop, two Apple Watches and other valuables inside, the Spirit Airlines passenger waited at the baggage carousel for two hours but it never appeared. Garcia told Florida news outlet Local 10 that Spirit Airlines staff told her not to worry as the bag would be sent to her house when it was found. Yet the following day, Garcia got an alert from one of the Apple Watches in her suitcase.
The destination it showed was not the airport or near her house but a residential address 15 minutes away. So Garcia hopped in her car and drove to the address, confused about why Spirit Airlines delivered the suitcase there despite her giving them her address. When she arrived at the property, Garcia allegedly saw many suitcases outside the house and called the police, who were initially confused about how Garcia had hunted down her belongings.
They then said it was dangerous for her to be there. The property was later revealed to be the home of 29-year-old Junior Bazile, who worked at one of the airport’.
