Thai soldier with gambling addiction nabbed for stealing gold to pay dowry

[snoop1130]

 

Police arrested a Thai soldier for stealing two gold necklaces worth 340,000 baht from a shop in Prahum Thani province near Bangkok. The soldier claimed he lost all his money gambling online and needed a dowry to marry his girlfriend.

 

Officers from Suan Prik Thai Police Station were notified about the gold theft yesterday afternoon, December 13. The theft took place at a gold shop in the Poon Sub Market in Pathum Thani province. The thief made off with two gold necklaces weighing 80 grammes each, worth 340,000 baht.

 

The shop employee revealed to police that a Thai man entered the shop in a dark blue jacket, long black pants, and flip-flops. He requested to see a gold necklace weighing 160 grammes but the shop did not have it. So, the employee suggested he see the 80-gramme necklace instead.

 

The man expressed dissatisfaction with the pattern on the necklace and requested additional options. In response, a staff member presented another 80-gramme necklace with a different design for his consideration.

 

While posing several questions to the staff, the man suddenly seized the gold necklaces and hastily fled the shop, coincidentally alongside another customer. CCTV footage captured the man escaping in an SUV, heading towards the Talaysor district in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via MGR Online

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-14

 

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[Pouatchee]

gambling is a real bad addiction.... no doubts about that... it tears many families apart and for some reason asians really love it. in canada (i can only speak for canada) the casinos are filled with chinese way more than caucasians.

 

however, this damned dowry thing is kind of archaic. as far as i know, it usually is given to the groom so he can use it to found his family. i dunno, but is it popular in other cultures to give it to the mothers?

 

in this case, it is probably better that it is not given to the groom... he would just squander it away on gambling anyways.

 

of course i could google it, but does anyone know off hand?

[Stargeezr]

Part of being an adult is to be responsible. Having a gambling addiction, does not help.

  Being a thief does not help at all either, especially once you are caught. Jail time may make it harder

to find work outside the military as well.

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[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

CCTV footage captured the man escaping in an SUV, heading towards the Talaysor district in the Isaan province of Nakhon Ratchasima.

If not understanding CCTV is part of the mentality of the average thai soldier, then it will not matter how much the military buys from China, it will be operated by idiots

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The soldier claimed he lost all his money gambling online and needed a dowry to marry his girlfriend.

Well he's blown that now.

[RobU]

It is not a dowry. A dowry is paid to the potential husband by the brides family. It is held in escrow by the husband until his death or until he decides to divorce his wife. The dowry is then given back to the ex-wife or widow for her to live on. This is done in the primitive cultures of the middle east because the women have no rights, they cannot inherit money or property, that money and property goes to the eldest male relative.The husband's family and the male who inherits the money/property has absolutely no obligation to support the ex wife or widow.

The Thai bride price is paid by the husband's family to the brides family as payment for her upbringing and the bride is adopted into the husband's family. It's a one off payment and should not be paid of the bride has children or has been married before. Traditionally, the bigger the bride price the better the upbringing of the girl and the greater the respect for the brides family. Any family that demands a bride price for a woman who has previously been married or has children is traditionally (but not under the modern legal system) committing fraud. There are many scams against foreigners regarding this issue.

[jacko45k]

She sure has got herself a winner there!

[spidermike007]

There seem to be a lot of criminals and miscreants within the Thai Army and the Thai police. Is this just a coincidence, is it simply representative of a percentage of the population, or do those two institutions tend to attract bottom dwellers?