A group of high school students from Brampton, Ont. are stuck in Cambodia after their passports were stolen in an incident that’s been compared to an action film.

The group of 10 students and four supervisors from St. Edmund Campion Catholic Secondary School were supposed to arrive back in Canada from a missionary trip in Cambodia on Sunday, but someone stole their passports, leaving the students stranded in the country for days.

“Right out of a movie, somebody came by on a motorcycle (and) snatched the bag that was holding all the passports,” Bruce Campbell, spokesperson for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, told CTV News Channel.

The school board has been in contact with the Canadian consulate in Cambodia and the Canadian embassy in Thailand for emergency passports, but both were closed over the weekend.

Campbell said everyone on the trip now has the proper documentation and should arrive back in Canada on Saturday morning.

“They look like they’re having fun, but I’m sure at this point -- getting close to Christmas -- they just want to get home,” he said.

Campbell said the school board is planning to continue sending students abroad for similar projects.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Brandon Rowe