Video: Thieving tourists strike again! Brazen foreigners look innocent - but they are not!

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Video: Thieving tourists strike again! Brazen foreigners look innocent - but they are not!

 

 

A Koh Phi Phi shopkeeper has once again hit out at foreigners stealing from his clothes shop. Four foreigners have tried to steal stuff from him in the last two months alone. 

 

Phisit Prapdit, 45, featured in a story on Thaivisa last month in which he hit out at foreign thieves after a woman on Christmas Eve brazenly picked up a cap and walked out. That one got away but on 6th December he caught a man stealing a shirt - the tourist paid up so the police were not called. 

 

Now video evidence showed two further incidents in the last few days at the same shop. In one a man with a woman casually selects a 300 baht t-shirt and after appearing to stuff it down his front he walks out with it. An employee ran out after him following the theft on Wednesday night. 

 

Krabi police confirmed that a Spanish man named as Kumar C. was in custody charged with stealing at night.

 

Video also caught what Phisit said was a "European" man again brazenly taking a cap from a peg and walking away with it. This person was caught but paid up so the police did not get involved. 

 

Phisit told 77kaoded that more and more foreigners were stealing from him. He warned other shopkeepers on the holiday island to watch out for foreigners. 

 

He said they may look innocent as they were browsing but they were not.

 

He said it may be petty theft but it was a serious situation for him and other shopkeepers. 

 

Last month the same shop owner spoke of around ten thefts by foreigners from his establishment in 2019. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[Dmaxdan]

With CCTV in pretty much every shop and street corner these thieves must be as dumb as they are  despicable.

[thequietman]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

That one got away but on 6th December he caught a man stealing a shirt - the tourist paid up so the police were not called. 

So ....... he was a customer then. ????

[CNXexpat]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

a 300 baht t-shirt

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

taking a cap

For a few Baht to risk so many problems. Very stupid. And if the thieves spent a few days in prison, they complain about the hard conditions there. Perhaps a Gofundme is following.

[legend49]

Looking at the video, as per usual most traders have taken over illegally the boardwalk or walking path, so if things go missing; tough luck take it back in the shop. Secondly why would a shopkeeper be located at the back ( in the first part of the video) of the shop not at the door to take money and watch for issues. Somchai has a lot to learn about being a trader.

[phantomfiddler]

Anyone who steals, unless it,s food and he is starving, should be prosecuted and fined !

[Brigante7]

There seems to be a pattern forming here, start phoning the police or stop moaning.

 

 

 

Brigante7.

[smudger1951]

Well, it's hardly a bank heist but petty crime and shop lifting affects us all grouped together as foreigners. 

[kensisaket]

Reality check.  You need to stop complaining about losing 300 baht of the hundreds of thousands of baht you are making per month off those same people you are ripping off with your jacked up prices. Who is the real thief in this story?

[kentrot]

How many movies do you see where the "hero" grabs a hat of a display rack in a market, as a temporary disguise (magically the right size and matching coordinated colours)  , and walks off without paying ... Angelina Jolie, Mark Wahlberg , ... just about any spy thriller.

 

We are conditioned to accept this behaviour as normal and committed by "the good guy" in a movie.

 

 

Doesn't make it right - but maybe we need better ROLE MODELS for the younger generation.

[yankyoakum]

Turn them in, take their passports and let them explain to their embassies why they need help. Don't make an example they keep doing it...Makes the rest of the fulongs look bad..we don't need any help..

[Caine]

Kumar, definitely of Indian origin these are the people spending 10,000 baht a day each according to the morons at the tourist board. ????????????. Best of luck with them because no other nation wants them.

[Proper person]

1 hour ago, kensisaket said:

Reality check.  You need to stop complaining about losing 300 baht of the hundreds of thousands of baht you are making per month off those same people you are ripping off with your jacked up prices. Who is the real thief in this story?

Reality check.???? I think you need a reality check.

They are not ripping off anyone.  They state their price then up to the customer if they buy or not. It's as simple as that. 

And as for making 100's of 1000's of Baht per month is laughable. You really need to wake up to the real world instead of village life in Sisaket. 

 

[dingdongrb]

It wasn't Kumar, it was his sidekick Harold.... 

 

Why let them pay for the item and not call the police. The police should be called and charges filed.

 

How many shopkeepers are not paying attention as they are too busy playing on their phones?

[Chazar]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

charged with stealing at night.

oh heck not "at  night" 

[mrfill]

3 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

ridiculous comment.

 

why does a spanish citizen have to have a spanish sounding name?

Indeed. I'd be suspicious of anyone claiming to be American that didn't have a name like Geronimo or Little Bumfluff or Big Orange Numpty. All the rest are foreign.

[Mick501]

Easy solution to stop these foreigners stealing.  A very large sign in front of the shop announcing, "No foreigners!"

[Nanaplaza666]

3 hours ago, legend49 said:

Looking at the video, as per usual most traders have taken over illegally the boardwalk or walking path, so if things go missing; tough luck take it back in the shop. Secondly why would a shopkeeper be located at the back ( in the first part of the video) of the shop not at the door to take money and watch for issues. Somchai has a lot to learn about being a trader.

Still a thief is a thief and they should not be stealing his stuff , or do you think whenever you leave your house all thiefs have a freebee to rob you blind ?? Then i hope they do .

[bkk6060]

You can lump these in with the overstayers.

Bunch of arrogant, careless about anybody criminals.

Book em all and deport.

[billd766]

2 hours ago, kensisaket said:

Reality check.  You need to stop complaining about losing 300 baht of the hundreds of thousands of baht you are making per month off those same people you are ripping off with your jacked up prices. Who is the real thief in this story?

But they are not forcibly dragging people off the street into the shop to buy stuff.

If you think it is a rip off then don't shop there. 

[chang1]

2 hours ago, kensisaket said:

Reality check.  You need to stop complaining about losing 300 baht of the hundreds of thousands of baht you are making per month off those same people you are ripping off with your jacked up prices. Who is the real thief in this story?

"Who is the real thief in this story?" - Quite obviously the scumbag who does not want to pay for a cap. Do not lump me in with thiefs. The shop keeper is making money from those of us who pay and loses from those who don't - we are not the same people.

[Golden Triangle]

They're all members of thaivisa and saw the last video and how easy he makes it for people to help themselves so took a holiday in his town to do some 'Shopping'.  ???? 

[Steve Vincent]

Firstly Kumar not Spanish when looking up the name it’s Hindi therefor I’m presuming tat meant Indians arriving steal 10,000 baht per day instead of spending 10,000 baht per day ! 

[OneMoreFarang]

I think those vendors should take some lessons form the jet-ski mafia. Like: You have two choices, pay me 20,000B for that stolen shirt or I call the police and you go to jail.

I am sure at least some of those tourist would learn from that.

[ChipButty]

2 hours ago, yankyoakum said:

 fulongs look bad..we don't need any help..

You need help whats that supposed to mean?

[Jaxxper]

Sad as it is, the shopkeeper should have built a small margin into his prices for petty theft. Not condoning it, it’s just a sad reality of the retail business. 

[ChipButty]

I've worked in the retail business most of my life I can spot them a mile off,

[cardinalblue]

Damn $10 for a low end T-shirt...

[gonesouth]

when foreigners still is a bad thing and should be held accountable but when thai still from foreigners they just call it work.........

[Kevbo]

5 hours ago, Fred31 said:

British probably

British passport holder probably