Missing items were checked in

THE EDITOR: Please publish this letter addressed to the general manager, British West Indian Airways. On Monday August 4, 2003, my brother and I travelled nonstop on BW484 to Miami. The flight was great and your service was commendable; but there was a serious problem! Upon arrival at Miami International Airport and on reaching our destination, I opened my locked suitcase, and to my great surprise my  CD burner was missing. My brother, on the other hand, opened his locked suitcase and found his DELL laptop missing. Please note that when our suitcases were opened and checked by the clerk in Trinidad, these “missing” items were there for everyone to see. Where are they now?

Did a staff member of BWIA remove them? Do you know that the very same way our suitcases were opened and the items taken out and closed back, is the very same way that drugs could have been placed there? I am pleading to the relevant authorities to please investigate this matter, as we are University students and there is important school information stored in the computer and a very valuable CD burner. I await an early and favourable reply.

VIKAASH   MOOSAI
North Miami