Video: Restaurant daylight robbery by men on motorcycle

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Video: Restaurant daylight robbery by men on motorcycle

 

Thai caption: Warning to the public

 

A CCTV video posted to Facebook showed a group of people eating at a restaurant just off the road. 

 

A man on a motorcycle in full face helmet approaches the table and grabs a handbag belonging to one of the diners and races off. 

 

A man at the table is unable to stop the getaway.

 

Naew Na said that the clip - a 30 second video on the page of Aphiwat Cheewana - was a warning to the public. 

 

There was no mention in their brief report about where the robbery took place. 

 

Source: Naew Na

 

 

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[steven100]

Be careful when sitting down for lunch.  Keep an eye on all your belongings.

[steven100]

I just watched that video,  and I think the guy should have ran to the bike a lot quicker …  

but easy to say sitting here ...

[rkidlad]

29 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Be careful when sitting down for lunch.  Keep an eye on all your belongings.

People resort to desperate measures in a terrible economy. 

[fruitman]

My friend was sitting on a motocy taxi with her designer purse in her hand...another motocy came, pulled her purse out of her hand and raced off...

 

Be carefull out there......

[ExpatOilWorker]

I once dropped my wallet while pulling out the car keys. Somebody saw it from a nearby restaurant, came out, picket it up and ran after me.

There are still good people out there.

[Kadilo]

Not seen the latest one on Thai Visa yet of the Norwegian (I believe) eating in a bar in Udon and getting his bag snatched from a motorcyclist. 

 

Was on on the TV news channels.

Seems rife at the moment. 

Edited October 8, 2019 by Kadilo

[Langkawee]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

Be careful when sitting down for lunch.  Keep an eye on all your belongings.

No , have your belongings hanging around your neck. And never resist unless you want your innards on the ground. 

[donnacha]

My impression over the years is that there is surprisingly little petty crime in Chiang Mai. That probably makes us less careful than we should be. When traveling abroad with my Chiang Mai friends, I have to keep telling them to pull their handbags to the front and generally be more wary than they would be at home.

Having said that, I don't understand why people carry so much money and so many valuables around anyway. Okay, I understand the need for a good phone, but gold jewelry strikes me as asking for trouble.

As I see it, you should carry as little as money possible. Pay for most things by card or withdraw money when you need it, there is almost always an ATM around.

 

I am surprised that more newly-arrived tourists are not targeted by thieves for the 20K they are forced to carry in cash. Seems like something that could become rampant if the economy continues to worsen.

 

 

[Terek]

9 minutes ago, donnacha said:

My impression over the years is that there is surprisingly little petty crime in Chiang Mai. That probably makes us less careful than we should be. When traveling abroad with my Chiang Mai friends, I have to keep telling them to pull their handbags to the front and generally be more wary than they would be at home.

Having said that, I don't understand why people carry so much money and so many valuables around anyway. Okay, I understand the need for a good phone, but gold jewelry strikes me as asking for trouble.

As I see it, you should carry as little as money possible. Pay for most things by card or withdraw money when you need it, there is almost always an ATM around.

 

I am surprised that more newly-arrived tourists are not targeted by thieves for the 20K they are forced to carry in cash. Seems like something that could become rampant if the economy continues to worsen.

 

 

I think, it's normal to have jewelry and expensive things at public. not normal is crime. not normal is most places abroad. crime should be punished so hard, so no one even think to do it...

[happy chappie]

I know the fella,it happened in udon thani city and he comes from loei.if he had got hold of him he would of dished out a bit of instant punishment.

we don't get a lot of crime up this way but there are 1,000s of people ready to swindle you if you give them a chance.

Hopefully the idiot left his plate on and there's plenty of cameras that might be working in the area.

[ChrisKC]

4 hours ago, rkidlad said:

People resort to desperate measures in a terrible economy. 

So when they are caught, they will plead mitigation! "Sorry, Your Worship, I just needed to buy some noodles for my starving children!!

 

Face the facts: they are criminals!

[Vacuum]

3 hours ago, Terek said:

crime should be punished so hard, so no one even think to do it...

Some countries do that.

 

[Fex Bluse]

Thailand is a VERY dangerous country 

[dunroaming]

4 hours ago, Langkawee said:

No , have your belongings hanging around your neck. And never resist unless you want your innards on the ground. 

When I lived in Chiang Mai (nine years ago now) it was not uncommon for gold chain snatches often with motorbikes pulling alongside other bikes at traffic lights, snatching them and speeding off.  I imagine that still happens.  Nothing new in opportunist thieves snatching and running.

[Myran]

Theft, not robbery.

[kevin612]

Video date was on 2/28 this year, the robber is probably arrested.

[Falcon]

1 minute ago, kevin612 said:

Video date was on 2/28 this year, the robber is probably arrested.

I take it that you’ve just arrived in Thailand @kevin612? Or was it meant as a joke? If It was an intent to make a serious comment about ‘the robber is probably arrested’, you really should learn the way of Thailand and the police actions. The police will do very little, if anything to even try to find this criminal as it would mean that they have to get up and do some police work to find him/her. However, now that it’s been made public aware and on social media, maybe, just maybe, they might look in to it.

[moe666]

Considering it all Thailand is still very safe compared to some of the countries around up. Yes they will grab your stuff but it just doesn't happen that often. I am safer here then in my home town in the states.

[kevinmartyn]

Maybe it's just me but Thailand is worse than Nigeria. At least in Nigeria they have Mopos and they don't mess around your going to another world doing this. I really agree 100% with middle eastern countries where if your caught steeling your hand is cut off.

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Thailand is a VERY dangerous country 

Its not the only one. You wouldn't want to be in the UK and especially London at this time.

[dotpoom]

As I say....Thailand..getting more like home (the West) every day.

[hotchilli]

Opportunist thief with eyes like an eagle... step outside your door you'd better have your brain switched on !

[aspenbkk]

Desperate times in thailand and can only get worse in pattaya lamposts with beware bag snatchers about here says it all vietnam here i come . 

[leeneeds]

Personal security is lacking 

being aware,

how quick the lamb to slaughter.

[Just Weird]

2 hours ago, Myran said:

Theft, not robbery.

Sad.  Guess what, robbery is a crime of theft.

[SteveK]

I use a very old mobile phone, carry little cash and don't wear jewellery except my wedding ring and even I can't get that off. If I'm travelling and someone wants to steal an old backpack full of my dirty grundies, they are more than welcome to them, in fact my wife would be delighted because she is always banging on at me to buy some new clothes.

 

In these circumstances it wouldn't surprise me if someone has scoped out the victim and they know that he carries an expensive laptop or camera in the bag, otherwise they are risking prison for something that could have little or no value.

[johnarth]

4 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Some countries do that.

 

the old cut the hand off comes to mind

[Fex Bluse]

1 hour ago, Surasak said:

Its not the only one. You wouldn't want to be in the UK and especially London at this time.

But everyone already knows London can be dangerous. 

 

The problem with Thailand is they lure everyone into believing it's a perfectly safe paradise. 

[SteveK]

2 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

The problem with Thailand is they lure everyone into believing it's a perfectly safe paradise. 

Who does? If you go to Koh Tao, take a boat trip in Phuket, or live in a high rise building in Pattaya then you're as good as dead!