Theft

  • Crime NewsCar thief rammed as the owners take matters into their own hands
    ThaigerPublished: 10:50, 22 April 2020
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    Car thief rammed as the owners take matters into their own hands

    A car thief has been apprehended by the owner of the car he stole. Police in the central Samut Sakhon province, just west of Bangkok, arrested 32 year old Not Jeankow on Monday. The theft took place at around half past midnight at a used car lot. ‘Not’ already had a warrant out for motor vehicle theft and broke the…

  • Crime NewsPolice doubt gold robbery was the motive for deadly Lopburi attack
    ThaigerPublished: 18:08, 12 January 2020
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    Police doubt gold robbery was the motive for deadly Lopburi attack

    Police and authorities now suspect that the motive for Thursday’s brutal and deadly attack, which killed three, including a toddler, may not have been robbery. The lone gunman stormed into a gold shop at a Robinson’s Shopping Centre in Lopburi, Central Thailand, and systematically shot and killed customers and shop staff. The Crime Suppression Division is running background checks on…

  • Crime NewsBank rolls over after security footage captures employee stealing money
    ThaigerPublished: 07:50, 09 January 2020
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    Bank rolls over after security footage captures employee stealing money

    Look up before you steal money in a bank. There’s probably going to be a security camera. A female bank employee has been caught red-handed stealing 10,000 baht of an elderly customer’s savings. CCTV at the bank shows the moment when the teller stole the elderly man’s savings. The daughter of the victim shared the video online for everyone to…

  • Pattaya NewsBag and bike-snatching British man arrested by Pattaya police
    ThaigerPublished: 12:17, 05 January 2020
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    Bag and bike-snatching British man arrested by Pattaya police

    Pattaya police have arrested a British man, 39 year old Ben Frost, for the alleged theft of a motorcycle and snatching a bar owner’s bag in Pattaya. The incident happened on January 1. Pattaya police in Chonburi province eventually arrested the man yesterday (January 4). A Chinburi-based photographer told police that she had parked her Honda motorcycle near the footpath…

  • NewsDrunk man reports car stolen
    ThaigerPublished: 09:53, 12 November 2019
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    Drunk man reports car stolen

    A 50 year old man in the northern province of Lampang told police his car was stolen from a local petrol station. As it turned out, he was so drunk he couldn’t remember how he got to the station. He finally realized that a friend had dropped him off. The incident was shared on national television. The man called police…

  • Crime NewsA cocktail of beer and insulin blamed for ATM robbery
    ThaigerPublished: 11:52, 11 October 2019
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    A cocktail of beer and insulin blamed for ATM robbery

    PHOTO: Sanook.com “After the combination of beer and insulin, Prakit grabbed a metal pole and drove his motorbike to the ATMs.” A diabetic man is blaming his insulin injections after going on an ATM robbery spree. The man had three attempts to break into ATMs in one night, all unsuccessful. The incidents happened in the early hours of October 9.…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok woman arrested for stealing credit card from her boss
    Maya TaylorPublished: 12:02, 02 October 2019
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    Bangkok woman arrested for stealing credit card from her boss

    PHOTO: www.innnews.co.th A woman and her husband have been arrested after she stole a credit card from her boss and used it go to on a spending spree. Nattamon Puangjumpa, 26 years of age, and her husband Pornchai are now facing charges of theft and credit card fraud after she took the credit card from her boss’s desk. Thai Residents…

  • Crime NewsThai bank employee caught stealing customers’ cash
    ThaigerPublished: 14:46, 17 September 2019
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    Thai bank employee caught stealing customers’ cash

    PHOTOS: kapook.com A video has been shared showing a female bank employee walking behind the bank’s reception and, allegedly, emptying the contents of a yellow basket into her pocket. She was carrying yellow basket and looked into the basket before quickly grabbing the cash and stuffing it into her suit pocket before going into another room through the white door. The…

  • Crime NewsBangkok airport police arrest Canadian woman for theft
    Maya TaylorPublished: 09:27, 10 September 2019
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    Bangkok airport police arrest Canadian woman for theft

    PHOTO: Pinterest.com Police at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport have arrested a 27 year old Canadian woman as she was about to board a flight with her husband. Heather Leslie Berg had been under surveillance following a number of thefts from baggage claim counters in the airport’s Arrivals area on August 27. After a check on CCTV cameras showed her taking luggage…

  • Crime NewsSuvarnabhumi baggage handler arrested over 20,000 baht theft
    ThaigerPublished: 09:11, 08 September 2019
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    Suvarnabhumi baggage handler arrested over 20,000 baht theft

    PHOTO: sanook.com A South Korean tourist was savvy enough to photograph all her holiday money before travelling to Thialand. Her precaution has led to the arrest of a baggage handler at Suvarnabhumi. The South Korean woman took the precaution of photographing all her Thai baht before putting it in a wallet in checked luggage on her flight. When Lee Soyeong travelled…

  • Bangkok NewsChinese passenger detained on suspicion of theft at Suvarnabhumi airport
    ThaigerPublished: 08:04, 03 September 2019
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    Chinese passenger detained on suspicion of theft at Suvarnabhumi airport

    PHOTO: Bangkok.com Police and security officials at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport arrested a Chinese woman earlier this morning on suspicion of theft. The woman had picked up a money-belt dropped by an Iranian passenger, but failed to hand it in. It’s understood the bag contained US$1,441 in cash and a mobile phone. The Iranian passenger reported his bag missing to airport…

  • Northern Thailand NewsBritish man repays street vendor’s kindness by scamming him
    Maya TaylorPublished: 10:48, 20 August 2019
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    British man repays street vendor’s kindness by scamming him

    PHOTO: Thai Residents and Sanook Surichat, a 50 year old BBQ food vendor in Khon Kaen province, north-eastern Thailand, became the victim of a shameless petty con-artist when he tried to help the man out of financial difficulty. The man introduced himself as ‘Stuart’ and claimed to be from England. He told Surichat he had a wife and child in Bangkok…

  • Pattaya NewsFrench man arrested stealing mobile phone in Pattaya – VIDEO
    ThaigerPublished: 09:42, 23 May 2019
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    French man arrested stealing mobile phone in Pattaya – VIDEO

    VIDEO: Pattaya Message A French man has been charged after snatching a smartphone in a department store in Pattaya. The Pattaya Message reports that Mueang Pattaya Police were notified of the incident yesterday evening. Police arrived and took the suspect into custody after other shop-holders helped to catch the suspect. The man was identified by police as 40 year old…

  • Pattaya NewsSuspects arrested after breaking into Irish man’s house in Chon Buri
    ThaigerPublished: 13:21, 15 May 2019
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    Suspects arrested after breaking into Irish man’s house in Chon Buri

    PHOTOS: Pattaya Message Police have arrested three suspects after they broke into an Irish man’s house in Chon Buri and stealing a number of items. Police have arrested 28 year old Wasan Panprem, 37 year old Rachata Kumsart and 27 year old Napaphon Pradap. They have been charged with theft. Police seized 56,760 baht cash, two gold necklaces, three gold…

  • Pattaya News25 year old arrested over theft of gold jewellery valued over 2 million baht in Pattaya
    ThaigerPublished: 17:35, 30 April 2019
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    25 year old arrested over theft of gold jewellery valued over 2 million baht in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: The Nation An employee of a hotel in Pattaya has been arrested over the alleged robbery of a gold shop in Pattaya. He netted 1.65 kilograms of gold jewellery with a value of 2.18 million baht at the weekend. 35 year old Sornchai Nilsonthi is accused of robbing the Suppatra Yaowaraj gold shop at the Big C shopping mall…

  • Pattaya NewsArrest for scam and then a bonus arrest in Pattaya
    ThaigerPublished: 16:47, 26 March 2019
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    Arrest for scam and then a bonus arrest in Pattaya

    Pattaya police have arrested an Indian man and his Thai girlfriend for scamming an Indian tourist out of 6,000 baht in the early hours this morning. But there was a bonus arrest too. Pattaya police chief Pol Col Prawit Chorseng say 26 year old Maninder Singh and 32 year old Mallikar Thongriam were arrested shortly after the victim, 31 year…

  • Phuket News7-Eleven hands over a cash advance to a lady boy from retiree’s stolen credit card
    ThaigerPublished: 14:16, 05 February 2019
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    7-Eleven hands over a cash advance to a lady boy from retiree’s stolen credit card

    FILE PHOTO ThaiVisa is reporting that an American retiree, living in Bangkok, claims a lady boy stole his wallet in Phuket. She then used his wallet to get a 13,550 baht cash advance at a local 7-Eleven store. The card was signed and the receipt issued to ‘Gregory M Field’ in English. But, explains ThaiVisa, the lady boy was handed…

  • Northern Thailand NewsSwiss man accused of overstaying visa and theft charges
    ThaigerPublished: 17:31, 18 January 2019
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    Swiss man accused of overstaying visa and theft charges

    by Kamthon Kongsombat PHOTO: Security footage from the Phuket jewelry store in December 2018 – Facebook The Immigration Bureau says they’re going to blacklist and deport a Swiss man who overstayed his visa and is also accused of series of thefts in Nongkhai and Phuket. The Nongkhai deputy immigration police chief Colonel Prasit Somjaiprasong says that Julien Andre Junior Cotting,…

  • Phuket NewsCompany reports 80K beer cans disappeared after truck accident in Phuket
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 18:37, 11 January 2019
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    Company reports 80K beer cans disappeared after truck accident in Phuket

    A logistic company representative has filed a report to police after more than 80,000 beer cans, valued at more than two million baht, mysteriously vanished after a beer truck overturned in Rassada this morning. The truck overturned and beer cans were scattered all over the road outside a 7-11. Read more about the incident HERE. Locals nearby helped clear up…

  • Bangkok NewsThai authorities visit airports following reports of thefts and food overpricing
    ThaigerPublished: 13:20, 29 December 2018
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    Thai authorities visit airports following reports of thefts and food overpricing

    PHOTO: King Power With over 3 million people expected to pass through Thailand’s airports during the new year, authorities are focused on ensuring safe and ‘fair’ travel conditions. A report by Channel 3 tv news says Thailand ombudsman, General Withawat Ratchatanan and airport authorities were seen inspecting Suvarnabhumi airport. The number of CCTV cameras at the airport has been increased…

  • Pattaya NewsHong Kong celebrity seeking the return of his valuables after Pattaya lady boy scuffle
    ThaigerPublished: 14:54, 22 September 2018
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    Hong Kong celebrity seeking the return of his valuables after Pattaya lady boy scuffle

    Just another day in Pattaya’s Walking Street in the ‘World Class Family Resort’. Pattaya Update News is reporting that a Hong Kong celebrity approached local media this morning after failing to get his bag with watches and cash back after an altercation with a group of lady boys in Walking Street. The incident happened last Tuesday around 5am. The case…