A 31 year old Cambodian woman was arrested for stealing a mobile phone from a South Korean passenger on the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok. The woman admitted to selling the stolen Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra for 1,500 baht.

 

She was caught after security footage showed her following closely behind the victim and taking the phone from her bag. The incident took place on October 17, around 3pm at the Saphan Taksin BTS Skytrain station.

 

The woman, identified as Sam, was tracked down using CCTV footage from the BTS Skytrain station and the surrounding area. The security personnel at the BTS station confirmed that similar incidents had occurred at other stations and suspected that they were the work of the same group.

After a thorough investigation, the woman was spotted at the same station and apprehended. Further examination revealed physical features matching those of the suspect seen in the CCTV footage.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-02

 

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Those pesky Cambodians.

18 minutes ago, Deserted said:

Those pesky Cambodians.

Those pesky pick-pockets.

Perhaps a clampdown on the pickpockets  in  government  is overdue. 

3 hours ago, jippytum said:

Perhaps a clampdown on the pickpockets  in  government  is overdue. 

 

It should be a clampdown in pickpockets who are Khmer, target tourists, that use public transport and have funny markings and English pickpockets that don't use the BTS much also.