Bangladeshi man accused of theft of Bt12.65 million worth of foreign currencies

By The Nation

 

Picture: Komchadluek

 

A Bangladeshi man has been arrested at the Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday with Bt12.65 million worth of foreign currencies in his luggage that he allegedly stole from a foreign businessman.
 

Immigration police said Anowar Hossain, 32, was arrested Monday morning as he was about to board a plane.

 

Police found the foreign banknotes wrapped in newspaper pages hidden in his bag. The banknotes included 42 500-euro notes, 12 200-euro notes, five 100-euro notes 262 100-US dollar notes, 1,000 500-SAR notes and 1,000 1,000-AED notes.

 

A foreign businessman reported to Buppharam police at 7pm on Sunday that his foreign currencies, worth a total of Bt12.65 million, had been stolen.

 

The suspect denied the theft charge.

 

He was handed over to the Buppharam police for further interrogation.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30342344

 

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22 minutes ago, webfact said:

The suspect denied the theft charge.

Him having the same denominations as those stolen, was just a coincidence no doubt? 

4 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Him having the same denominations as those stolen, was just a coincidence no doubt? 

 

He's way ahead of you, Sherlock. He'll claim he was merely collecting the exact amount owed him, not stealing at all. But it won't work.