Pattaya beach ‘thief’ arrested

[snoop1130]

Pattaya beach ‘thief’ arrested

By The Nation

 

 

Pattaya police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing the clothes and cash of two Thai tourists who were taking a night swim.

 

Pattaya chief Col Apichai Krobphet said the suspect, Neng Somsoda, 39, re-enacted the theft on the beach behind the Dusit Resort Hotel on Wednesday.

 

Apichai said Neng was arrested on Tuesday at a rented room on Soi Na Klua 27.

 

He was accused of stealing clothes, a mobile phone and Bt1,800 in cash from two Thai men on Sunday night.

 

The two men, Pollawat Saengsa-ard, 42, and Chiwin Homchan, 23, went swimming together, wearing only their underwear. They left their clothes and valuables on the beach.

 

Passersby gave them towels while they waited to file a complaint with the police.

 

After the re-enactment, Apichai launched an awareness campaign at the beach, telling visitors not to swim at night because the spot is too dark, what they leave on the beach is vulnerable and they may drown without anyone to rescue them.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30360268

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-12

[Lamkyong]

 beach ‘thief  named TIDE

[mok199]

Who the <deleted> would swim in that water at night..

[DoctorG]

Not really important. Just wondering why they would put the word thief in quotation marks.

[AhFarangJa]

11 hours ago, mok199 said:

Who the <deleted> would swim in that water at night..

Who in their right mind would swim in it at ANY time...........

[mikebell]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

re-enacted the theft on the beach

He is a suspect but able to re-enact the crime.  How was he apprehended?  Do CCTV cameras work in the dark?

[mok199]

3 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Not really important. Just wondering why they would put the word thief in quotation marks.

haha I  pondered the same thing....''just to keep us on our toes'' my wife says..

[Rimmer]

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[Ulic]

I am truly amazed at how successful the Police are when they want to be.  Meanwhile, I have a friend that had her motorcycle stolen. The thief identified and known to the police. (camera footage) She has done the paperwork etc.. Yet nothing is being done. It's like they need a sweetener/incentive to recover her property. She thinks it may cost 3-5k, possibly more. 

[peterrain]

GOODDD