SOURCE: Pattaya City News: May 16th 2007

One of two suspects caught in Soi 8 armed Bag Snatch.

At 6am on Wednesday, Police Captain Biya from Pattaya Police Station received an urgent call to attend an armed theft which had just taken place in Soi 8, Central Pattaya.

Police were met by the victims, Khun Supranee aged 21 and Khun Girachayar aged 22. They explained that the pair were driving down the Soi when they were approached by two men on another bike which came from behind.

The passenger on the bike forced the two women to fall from their vehicle. The passenger then produced a handgun and demanded the two female victims hand over their shoulder bags which contained mobile phones and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Full descriptions of the motorbike used by the two assailants and descriptions of the two men were provided to Police who managed to arrest one of the men, Khun Supot aged 32 in Soi Gopai, South Pattaya after the other managed to escape on foot.

Khun Supot was taken to Pattaya Police Station along with two plastic toy guns and the items allegedly stolen from the two victims along with 4 Yabba Tablets which were found in his trouser pocket. He was charged with theft and further investigations are ongoing as Police now attempt to locate the second suspect in this case.

SOURCE: Pattaya City News: May 16th 2007

Khun Supot was taken to Pattaya Police Station along with two plastic toy guns and the items allegedly stolen from the two victims along with 4 Yabba Tablets which were found in his trouser pocket. He was charged with theft and further investigations are ongoing as Police now attempt to locate the second suspect in this case.

When can we get back to Toxin's policy of shooting all drug dealers?

This is a really serious problem among Thais in Pattaya - and I have small kids growing up here.

You said it humphrey bear, for all the problems the former pm may have had, he understood the drug problem and what it was doing to thailand.

we're almost back to the same levels of drug insanity we had a few years ago, only now the pills cost 3x as much so we have that much more crime, shootings etc.

they say they want nice people to come here, but decent folks can't deal with this madness day-in and day-out. they need to work at reestablishing a quality environment if they want any normal long-term visitors to stay here.