Ghostly police arrest suspected thief in Bangkok

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Metropolitan police, dressed as ghosts, arrested a suspected thief, who had intended to celebrate Halloween with his girlfriend at a department store in Bangkok on Tuesday.

 

Identified only as “Wanchai” or “Man”, aged 32, is suspected of theft from a restaurant in the Silom area on October 20.

 

Pol Maj Gen Teeradej Thumsutee, a metropolitan police commander, said he received a tip that Wanchai would take his girlfriend to see a movie at a theatre in the department store in the Rama III area. He then assigned his team to dress like ghosts and to mingle with other movie goers there, according to INN news.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-01

 

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[bg53]

Credit where credit is due. Excellent police work!

[thesetat2013]

14 hours ago, bg53 said:

Credit where credit is due. Excellent police work!

Yes, it takes alot of brains to follow a tip given to them by a snitch and then wear costumes on Halloween while looking for the man where he was reported to be going to. Hmm.. 

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, bg53 said:

Credit where credit is due. Excellent police work!

Ghost busters....

[RichardColeman]

Working there for only one month, he had problems with his colleagues, so he resigned and allegedly stole five computer tablets and a laptop, worth a total of about Bt100,000.

Pretty sure only an idiot would steal from the company he just resigned from 

[AustinRacing]

Why dress as ghosts. To hide police identity? How about plain clothes officers? I just don’t get the ghost outfit thing. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

23 hours ago, bg53 said:

Credit where credit is due. Excellent police work!

Compared to the police, the alleged suspect's Halloween mask is pathetic.