Airport arrest: Singaporean thief caught red-handed, fleecing German tourist in Bangkok

[snoop1130]

Immigration Bureau officers acted swiftly to arrest a Singaporean man at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok after he stole belongings and 100,000 baht in cash from a German man. It took officers less than an hour to apprehend the thief who tried to flee the country with his stolen haul.

 

Immigration officers received a complaint about the Singaporean thief, from a hotel in Pattaya yesterday, July 10. According to the hotel, a German guest had entrusted them with his valuables, including 100,000 baht in cash, a laptop, and his passport.

 

The Singaporean thief approached the hotel staff, deceitfully claiming ownership of the items, and managed to walk away with everything before checking out of the hotel.

 

Officers discovered that the Singaporean was travelling to Don Mueang Airport to return to Singapore. At 4.35pm on the same day, officers managed to arrest the man. All of the stolen assets were seized and returned to the German victim.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Siam Focus Time

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/airport-arrest-singaporean-thief-caught-red-handed-fleecing-german-tourist-in-bangkok

 

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[CanadaSam]

Wow, I'm shocked that the RTP did such a quick job, and that the thief was Singaporean!

[save the frogs]

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

entrusted

ha ha

[Deserted]

Glad he got caught. 

[rwill]

The question is how could the hotel staff allow this?

[bignok]

14 minutes ago, rwill said:

The question is how could the hotel staff allow this?

Staff are careless. You ever stayed in hotels? Most staff are clueless. I had 1 guy who thought 2n booking meant i pay 3n

[klauskunkel]

14 minutes ago, rwill said:

The question is how could the hotel staff allow this?

Correct. Owner is supposed to provide a claim ticket received from hotel staff.

[IAMHERE]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

German guest had entrusted them with his valuables, including 100,000 baht in cash, a laptop, and his passport.

 

And the hotel  staff gave the Singaporean a German passport?

[Pique Dard]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

a German guest had entrusted them with his valuables, including 100,000 baht in cash, a laptop, and his passport

was the german guest sober?

[bignok]

5 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Correct. Owner is supposed to provide a claim ticket received from hotel staff.

Not all hotels do this. I would never trust them. Some want keys when you go out. No way, they leave desk unattended.

 

The german guy should buy a laptop bag, carry it with him

 

[bignok]

1 minute ago, Pique Dard said:

was the german guest sober?

One wonders. Who leaves money? Put it in your wallet.

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

According to the hotel, a German guest had entrusted them with his valuables, including 100,000 baht in cash, a laptop, and his passport.

 

The Singaporean thief approached the hotel staff, deceitfully claiming ownership of the items, and managed to walk away with everything before checking out of the hotel.

Quite the mix-up?

[jacko45k]

8 hours ago, save the frogs said:

ha ha

Yes, they sounded rather naive,,, did the Singaporean  look like the German? 

[save the frogs]

21 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, they sounded rather naive,,, did the Singaporean  look like the German? 

we dont know what their relationship was 

[Mr Dome]

Thr victim was way too trusting regarding the hotel's ability to always identify him ands the real owner through all staff changes. I could never be this trusting but tend to play "Best/worst scenario" in my head and here "worst" would always win. He's lucky he got his stuff back.

 

The question is, how did the Singaporean know that the victim had done this?

[Pink Mist]

Troll post removed 

[ignore it]

Dumb German

Stupid Porean

Normal hotel staff.

[brianthainess]

If only it was allowed to Name that hotel. 

[CanadaSam]

46 minutes ago, Mr Dome said:

The question is, how did the Singaporean know that the victim had done this?

He was sitting in the lobby pretending to read a newspaper?

[747man]

13 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

Wow, I'm shocked that the RTP did such a quick job, and that the thief was Singaporean!

, and that the thief was Singaporean!....Maybe 50 Lashes with The Cane for that when he gets home ??

[ChipButty]

get a good flogging in Singapore 

[Mr Dome]

3 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

He was sitting in the lobby pretending to read a newspaper?

Nothing in the article, so we can only guess. Something tells me they didn't know each other and the thief spotted a brazen opportunity but that's unproven as well.

[bamnutsak]

On 7/12/2023 at 11:12 AM, ChipButty said:

get a good flogging in Singapore 

 

Follow up. Hold off on the flogging.

 

It was a mix-up, room 614 or 416.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1300862-singaporean-man’s-bangkok-airport-mix-up-leads-to-arresting-headlines/

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporean-says-hotel-blunder-led-to-his-arrest-at-bangkok-airport-for-room-theft

 

 

 

[Harsh Jones]

On 7/11/2023 at 5:01 PM, rwill said:

The question is how could the hotel staff allow this?

Some details are left out. I assumed that the Singaporean man had befriended the German who then entrusted him with the stuff. They had to assume the man was The German mans partner or butler or something. 

Edited July 17, 2023 by Harsh Jones