Just leaving it at that is what I'd do.
Yup, I once brought a big wheely case full of booze back from Belgium on t'Eurostar. Had many adventures, culminating in foolishly trying to lift it onto a train at Euston by the pull-along handle. It snapped clean off so I double-punched myself hard in the gob. Bystanders went 'Oooh!'
I did, hence the poor judgment.
Women (and men) in abusive partnership situations will often have to hide money away from their partners in order not to have the rent drunk away or their own personal savings taken from them.
Consider this possible report to police--although enough time has passed that maybe it will seem too much like an afterthought on your part if you do it--but, here you are with abandoned property from guests who have disappeared during a night out. They are foreign. You could report them as missing, presumed okay, but you want to make sure there is a record in case something has happened to them. Just record your concern. It IS possible something happened to them. You tried to contact them, but they didn't respond. What happened to them? I'd be worried for them. (Some people think I'm a worrywart, and sometimes I am, but sometimes I'm glad to have been safe instead of sorry!)
Many many years ago some of my work colleagues had to carry out a survey of the drainage on the North Peckham housing estate. They found stashes of drugs and weapons as they followed the route of the drains and ended up having a police escort accompany them to finish the contract as the locals were ready to lynch them.
Seems plausible, if you're desperate/organised enough. You just need waterproof containers and the right tools.
I used to work with a load of Kurdish Muslim blokes not long after 9/11. Their landlords, also Muslim gents, were strict about the no alcohol part of their religion. Me and the ex had been invited to a picnic day out with the blokes, we turned up at their house, the Muslim blokes had decided to buy themselves a load of booze and asked me and the ex to lie and pretend if was our booze which we duly did when the landlords turned up. No problem there because we were Christians. They must have thought we were massive drinkers, that is if they'd even bought our bullshit. Maybe Gattino's guests did have booze although I expect he would have heard the bottles clinking in the case?.
I wondered about the noise, but if they were packing in sufficiently tightly (and probably also insulated in case they got dropped), then you wouldn't hear anything.
Grrr. Please refer to my post over here
I was positing that the booze was contained within the suitcase in a smaller container, possibly one of those 'suitcases within suitcases' that you get, like nesting dolls. And the men just took the smaller case out, fully packed with bottles, left their rubbish in the larger case, and carried it all out that way. They had to carry it to the party, after all, easier in a case or bag than in their arms!
I'm ignoring those, as loads of my customers are still wearing them in the belief that it will protect them from Covid. Particularly when travelling by public transport. They probably had a box of them in the other bag and just left one discarded pair by accident.
The best kind.
The bottles were wrapped in the socks that go missing in the laundry. Trust me, it's true.
See my post here about Spirytus Rektyfikowany. It's not pleasant to get on your hands (especially if you have cracked skin or paper cuts) and even less pleasant on your gums if not diluted. I would bet the Transylvanians have something similar.
