Suspected thief of winning scratchcard stopped at Rome airport

Tobacco shop owner in Naples allegedly snatched customer's card and sped off on his motor scooter

Border police at Rome's main airport have prevented a Naples tobacco shop owner suspected of running off with a customer's winning game ticket from boarding a flight to the Canary Islands, Italian news reports said.

The man did not have the filched card worth 500,000 (429,000) on him, but he did have a plane ticket for Fuerteventura, the LaPresse news agency said on Sunday.