Having just touched down in Rome, Italy, a pair of Singaporean travellers made a pit stop at a mall to purchase some essentials. When they headed back to their rental vehicle, however, they found the car's side passenger window smashed and their belongings missing. In a TikTok video uploaded on Dec 25, Cindy Ng said the alleged theft occurred at...
The travellers said the theft occurred when they stopped at a mall to purchase essentials.Having just touched down in Rome, Italy, a pair of Singaporean travellers made a pit stop at a mall to purchase some essentials.
The culprits had allegedly stolen the travellers' passports and luggage stored in the car, leaving only their coats behind.When she realised that their belongings had gone missing, the woman said: "My heart sank." The traveller explained that they had kept their passports in a backpack that was "discreetly" stored with their luggage in the car boot.https://www.tiktok.com/@cindy_nxy/video/7452339749534043412With the help of a local woman who noticed their predicament, the Singaporeans lodged a police report and spent the remainder of the day replacing the rental car and finding new accommodation.
On their first night in Italy, Ng and her friend considered cutting short their nine-day trip and returning to Singapore on the earliest flight — but they decided not to do so. Ng said she found this "liberating" — it also turned out to be a "silver lining" as it was difficult to wheel luggage along Italy's cobblestone streets.
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