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Lost luggage found behind Houston pet store
Authorities investigating how, why airline baggage wound up in trash bin
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Luggage found in dumpster Dec. 27: The FBI is investigating how dozens of bags from several different airlines ended up in a dumpster near Houston. KPRC's Stephen Dean reports. NBC News Channel |
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HOUSTON - Authorities were trying to figure out Tuesday how dozens of pieces of luggage belonging to air travelers ended up in a trash bin behind a Houston pet store.
FBI special agent Rolando Munoz said 68 pieces of luggage from various international flights were discovered. He said the luggage was turned over to Continental Airlines to sort out.
The bags belonged to travelers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, said Sgt. Dana Wolfe, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, which first responded to the luggage report. She said tags on the bags showed some of the travelers were going to or from London and Dubai.
The Houston Police Department is handling the case, Munoz and Wolfe said. A Houston police spokesman had no additional details Tuesday night.
Mary Clark, a spokeswoman for Continental, said she didn’t know if the contents of the bags were stolen.
“We’re going to be investigating and the authorities are going to be investigating,” she said, adding that the airline was working with other carriers to match the bags with lost luggage claims. She did not have the names of the other airlines involved.
The owners of the pet store found the luggage.
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