Victim suspected nothing fishy - but 'expert angler' turned out to be a phone thief with a famous surname

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Daily News Thai Caption: (Victim) thought he was an expert angler

 

Daily News had reenactment pictures of a thief who had struck up a conversation with a man fishing by a klong.

 

But the man produced a knife and stole two phones and fled on a motorcycle.

 

He proved relatively easy to catch as he'd exchanged Line IDs with the angler who had fought back.

 

The metropolitan police Region 2 commander had instructed Sai Mai police in northern Bangkok to make an arrest after a warrant was issued for snatch theft using a conveyance by the Minburi court against Chalermchon Na Songkhla, 41.

 

A Yamaha bike was taken into evidence after the arrest of the suspect in Sai Mai.

 

On 17th January the victim had gone to the Sai Mai police to say that a man had stopped on a motorcycle as he was fishing in Sai Mai Soi 85 by a bridge.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

They struck up a conversation about angling and exchanged Line IDs. The man then said he was off home but quickly returned with a knife that he put to the victim's throat.

 

A struggle ensued in which the assailant stole two phones valued at 8,000 baht. The knife fell in the water.

 

A police investigation led to the warrant issued by the court last Thursday.

 

Names with the "Na" or "Of" addition often indicate well known families, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

The suspect in this case said that he had been en employee of a phone company but lost his job.

 

He decided on the spur of the moment to steal the victim's phones. He had gone back to his bike where he kept a knife under the seat.

 

After stealing the phones he saw that one of them could not be unlocked and the other had a cracked screen.

 

He threw them both in a klong.

 

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[Bert got kinky]

 

He proved relatively easy to catch as he'd exchanged Line IDs with the angler

The dumb is strong in this one.

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He proved relatively easy to catch as he'd exchanged Line IDs with the angler who had fought back.

What a door handle.