The couple, aged 34 and 32, were allegedly caught on CCTV (Picture: Newsflash)
A British couple have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of stealing a holidaymaker’s bag and using her card to go on a spending spree.
The pair are accused of sneaking into a luxury hotel in Marmaris and pinching the bag from a sun lounger.
CCTV footage shows a man and a woman, said to be the couple, sunbathing by the hotel’s pool before walking off with a dark-coloured bag.
Local police say the suspects had waited for the bag’s owner to pop into the hotel restaurant before making off with her belongings.
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She only realised something was wrong when she got a notification on her phone saying 28,000 Turkish lira (£827) had been taken out of her account.
Police say this was due to the couple using her card to make a withdrawal, though it’s not clear how they got around any PIN security checks.
Turkish detectives used footage from the hotel CCTV and street cameras around the city to track the suspects down.
The couple were seen casually striding through the hotel lobby (Picture: Newsflash)
The suspects were arrested at their hotel across town (Picture: Newsflash)
They were located at a hotel where they were staying in Armutalan, on the outskirts of Marmaris, only a few hours after the alleged theft.
A 34-year-old British man has been released on bail and a 32-year-old British woman remains in custody in connection with the incident, according to local media reports.
The stolen property is said to have been found in their hotel room and has been returned to its owner.
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The suspects were seen on CCTV sneaking into a luxury hotel pool in Marmaris and waiting for a guest to pop inside before taking her bag.
