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A woman in New Zealand was arrested on Sunday for travelling with a 2-year-old girl locked inside a suitcase, reports news agency AFP .
When the woman boarded the bus along with the suitcase, the driver became concerned after noticing movement in the luggage.
Upon opening the suitcase, the driver found a 2-year-old girl trapped inside. The woman stored the luggage beneath the bus passengers, in a separate compartment.
The police were called to a bus depot in Kaiwaka where the 27-year-old woman was arrested and charged with ill-treatment and neglect of a child.
According to Detective Inspector Simon Harrison, the child is physically unharmed but is undergoing extensive medical assessment, the report said.