New Zealand woman arrested after 2-year-old girl found alive in suitcase stowed in bus luggage

An Intercity bus prepares to depart from Timaru, New Zealand on Oct. 14, 2022. (Aiman Amerul Muner/STUFF via AP)

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand woman was arrested on a child neglect charge Sunday after a bus driver found a 2-year-old girl alive in a suitcase that was stowed in the vehicle’s luggage compartment, authorities said.

The bus driver noticed movement inside the bag during a planned stop at the settlement of Kaiwaka, north of Auckland, after a passenger asked for access to the luggage compartment, Detective Inspector Simon Harrison said in a statement.

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