Theft

  • Crime NewsThai bank employee caught stealing customers’ cash

    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 NewsPhone shop worker busted for credit card fraud

    Phone shop worker busted for credit card fraud

    A man working in a Bangkok phone shop is under arrest after stealing customers’ credit card information and going on a shopping spree that amounted to almost 10 million baht. Incredibly, it turns out he’s been doing this for over 3 years and in that time, has accumulated a house, a condominium, and 3 cars. 29 year old Satit Junchok…

  • Crime NewsBangkok airport police arrest Canadian woman for theft

    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

    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…

  • Northern Thailand NewsBritish man repays street vendor’s kindness by scamming him

    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…

  • Crime NewsSwedish man and Thai wife robbed in broad daylight riding motorcycle in Pattaya

    Swedish man and Thai wife robbed in broad daylight riding motorcycle in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: Stefan and Tippawan report the robbery to Pattaya police – 77kaoded.com A Swedish man and Thai partner were robbed whilst riding their motorbike in broad daylight in Pattaya. 52 year old Stefan Hujanen from Sweden and his 32 year old wife Tippawan were riding a motorcycle between North Pattaya and Pratumnak Hill last Saturday around 11am. Outside the Muang Pattaya Hospital…

  • Pattaya NewsFrench man arrested stealing mobile phone in Pattaya – VIDEO

    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

    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 NewsArrest for scam and then a bonus arrest in Pattaya

    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 NewsPhuket kratom-cooker robs pharmacies – VIDEO

    Phuket kratom-cooker robs pharmacies – VIDEO

    Phuket police yesterday have arrested a thief while he was cooking up a batch of kratom. He had earlier robbed pharmacies in Chalong, Phuket. Chief Investigator of the Phuket Provincial Police Col Prawit Engchuan says, “Yesterday we have arrested 25 year old Rattaphon Pales at a house in Chalong. Police seized 0.45 litres of liquid kratom.” “On Monday night Chalong…

  • Phuket News7-Eleven hands over a cash advance to a lady boy from retiree’s stolen credit card

    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

    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,…

  • Bangkok NewsThai authorities visit airports following reports of thefts and food overpricing

    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 NewsHK ‘celebrity’ gets his stolen goods back, sort of

    HK ‘celebrity’ gets his stolen goods back, sort of

    Police in Pattaya have announced the arrest of three people who took advantage of the confusion in a Walking Street fight to steal the property of a ‘celebrity’ from Hong Kong over the weekend. But evidence recovered was nothing like what the visitor had claimed was stolen and the man even failed to turn up at the police station yesterday…

  • Pattaya NewsHong Kong celebrity seeking the return of his valuables after Pattaya lady boy scuffle

    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…