Baggage handlers in trouble

From CBS New York:

The investigation began after El Al Airlines passengers sounded the alarm. Jewelry, computers, iPads, iPhones and more had disappeared from checked luggage.

The thefts amounted to tens of thousands of dollars over a five-month period and prompted the airline to root out an apparent ring of thieves that had inside access to luggage, CBS 2′s Dave Carlin reported Friday.

A camera placed inside the belly of a 747 led to the arrests of contract baggage workers Tristan Bredwood, Julio Salas, Oshaine Christie, Romaine Smith, Nikosi Cunningham, Dashawn Schooler, and Udhoo Doonauth, police said.

Video shows the suspects rifling through luggage and pocketing items on planes that were making regular flights between Kennedy Airport and Israel, according to prosecutors.