Invisible thief’s vanishing act fails: Police unmask man who believed in his invisibility powers

Police successfully arrested a Thai man claiming to possess invisible powers after he stole from a car parked near Tha Tian Pier in Bangkok. The man believes he has an invisibility superpower that can evade CCTV detection. Fortunately for the police, his invisibility powers weren’t working that day.

The owner of a white Mercedes Benz filed a complaint at Phrarachawang Police Station on December 23 after a thief broke into his car and stole his designer brand glasses, Chrome Hearts and Givenchy, as well as 9,000 baht in cash from the vehicle.

Officers checked a CCTV camera at the scene and identified the thief as a 48 year old man named Kachain Sihamart. Police found and arrested Kachain yesterday, January 8, at a rented house in the Bangkok Noi district of Bangkok.

Kachain confessed to the theft and admitted that he did not anticipate being arrested, as he always recites chants to invoke his invisible power before committing crimes. He added that the chanting supposedly guided him to the location of valuables and concealed him from the view of witnesses.

Oddly, this is not the first instance where his invisibility powers have failed him. Despite his supernatural claims, Kachain has been arrested for theft three times before. He was apprehended by Lumpini Police Station in 2005, Bang Kaew Police Station in 2020, and Lumpini Police Station again in 2021.

Although Kachain was detained and released in April of last year, he decided to repeat the same offence. In the most recent case, Kachain faces charges under Section 335 of the Criminal Law, specifically for committing theft by damaging a barricade intended for the protection of people or properties.

The prescribed punishment includes imprisonment ranging from one to five years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 baht.

Kachain is not the first thief who had faith in the invisible power but failed to summon it. Three other Thai thieves were seen on CCTV cameras and were arrested previously despite possessing invisible powers.

A Thai man was arrested in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat in December last year for repeated thefts in the province. A teenage man in the Isaan province of Udon Thani was arrested in October last year for stealing a motorcycle. Another Thai man was caught on CCTV footage undressing, praying and stealing a charity box from a temple in the central province of Chachoengsao.