Passengers carry their bags through security screening area at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. RICHMOND, B.C.
-- RCMP say a woman arrested at Vancouver's airport for allegedly stealing a passenger's purse is believed to be part of an organized group of thieves targeting airports.
The RCMP says plainclothes teams have been at the airport conducting surveillance since March for theft issues primarily at the international arrivals terminal.
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