A man has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing more than $23,000 in cash from three fellow passengers while on a Scoot flight from Vietnam to Singapore

An airline spokesperson told CNN that it “was aware of an incident” that occurred on board a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Singapore on December 16.

“Our cabin crew was alerted by a passenger to a suspected theft in the cabin and activated the Airport Police Division,” the spokesperson said. “The involved passengers were escorted off the aircraft by airport authorities for further investigation, and disembarkation proceeded as usual for the rest of our passengers.”

CNN report that according to charge sheets read out in court and carried by Singapore public broadcaster Channel NewsAsia, Zhang Xiuqiang, a 52-year-old Chinese national allegedly stole from three separate passengers. He reportedly took 3 million Vietnamese dong ($123) from a passenger’s backpack, and 510 million Vietnamese dong ($20,950) and a 50 Singapore dollar note ($38) from a black messenger bag belonging to another.

He also allegedly took $1,000 and 930 Singapore dollars ($700) from an envelope found in a gray bag belonging to a third passenger.

Zhang has been remanded for police investigations. If convicted of theft, he could face up to three years’ jail, a fine, or both per charge.

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