Gardaí at Dublin Airport responded to a reported theft of items worth over €900 from a store in Terminal One on Sunday morning.
A suspect was identified via CCTV but it was later discovered he had already departed on a flight to Birmingham Airport.
An Garda Síochána then contacted police in Birmingham, providing the suspect’s details and a description of the stolen goods, which are reported to have been three pairs of designer sunglasses.
Police greeted the suspect off the plane and conducted a search and recovered the stolen items, which were then returned to the store via Aer Lingus crew on the EI3265 flight.
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The suspect was then arrested by UK police.
