Police stop scratchcard theft suspect
BORDER police at Rome’s main airport on Sunday prevented a Naples tobacco shop owner, suspected of running off with a customer’s winning scratchcard, from boarding a flight to the Canary Islands, Italian news reports said.
The man did not have the card, worth 500,000 euros (£428,000) on him, but he did have a plane ticket for Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands. The man, who has not been identified, was wanted for investigation of suspected theft.
The man allegedly snatched the card and dashed off on his motor scooter after the customer on Friday had asked the shop, in a working-class area of Naples, to verify the win, which is the top prize. The woman had bought two “scratch and win” cards and asked a shop employee to verify the win.