Post employee charged with letters theft

The police have accused an employee of Czech Post allegedly stealing more than 60,000 letters between the years 2001 to 2006: the items were found in a tunnel at a railway station in Břeclav this spring. He allegedly stole 71 bags full of undelivered letters sent from abroad, making use of postage stamps as well as valuable enclosed items, including cash. The perpetrator reportedly hid the sacks in a lift well in a post tunnel where workers found them by chance in March. Czech Post suffered damages of at least 11,000 crowns through the loss. The post is now trying to deliver some of the material. If found guilty, the 44-year-old suspect faces up to two years in prison.