A Thai delivery woman has reported a loss of 2 million baht worth of gold. Pailin Kaewphet, 58, claimed she lost the gold while transporting it from one gold shop to another in Bangkok.

 

Kaewphet reported the loss to Bang Yi Khan Police Station yesterday, stating she misplaced gold necklaces and gold bars near a pedestrian bridge outside a Lotus's supermarket in the Bangkok Noi district. She explained that she was carrying the valuable items in her tote bag, which included her purse, ID card, along with the gold, and it went missing during a motorcycle taxi ride.

 

Initial suspicions of theft were raised against Kaewphet. However, after examining security camera footage, officials confirmed that she did drop her bag at the specified spot. They have yet to identify who took it.

 

Chaiyaporn Jariyadham, the owner of the gold shop in Phetchaburi, provided further information about the situation. Having operated the shop for nearly 30 years and having known Kaewphet for more than 10 years, he expressed confidence in her, mentioning she has worked at a Bangkok gold shop for over 25 years without any issue.

 

Despite the incident, Jariyadham stated he saw no suspicious behavior in Kaewphet. He asked her if there were any personal financial issues that could have led her to steal the gold, to which she denied. Jariyadham is now offering a reward of 100,000 baht for the return of the lost gold.

 

 

Photo courtesy of The Thaiger

 

-- 2024-05-24

 

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Carrying 2M baht of gold on a motorbike taxi. Genius.

Did she get the sack , or has to repay it back at 500 Baht a month.......

In the heading it says "Delivery Man, but in story ,she's now a woman

 

regards worgeordie

Edited May 24, 20242 yr by worgeordie
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6 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Did she get the sack , or has to repay it back at 500 Baht a month.......

In the heading it says "Delivery Man, but in story ,she's now a woman

 

regards worgeordie

 

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world

 

let me get this straight  ....  

 

so whoever picked the bag up with 2mil baht gold inside can return it and get 100,000 baht as reward.  

somehow I doubt that's gonna happen as long as the lucky guy knows his maths .....  

Except for Lola, L.O.L.A, Lola

Edited May 24, 20242 yr by tjintx

3 hours ago, Woof999 said:

Carrying 2M baht of gold on a motorbike taxi. Genius.

 

In an unsecured bag that she wouldn't notice fall off the motorbike...

555 what an amazing story

If i owned the gold shop i would have taken it myself and wouldn't let it out of my sight.

Wild story.

Edited May 24, 20242 yr by Jake72

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

She explained that she was carrying the valuable items in her tote bag, which included her purse, ID card, along with the gold, and it went missing during a motorcycle taxi ride.

Hmmmm.

Deserved to lose it given the lack of precautions…stupidity runs rampant 

You win some, you lose some. She has made somebody very happy, maybe completely changed someones life for the better, the causal flow of life is a mysterious thing.

15 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world

 

She will now lie low

'la,

50 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

She will now lie low

'la,

Jenifer Eccles.

A gold shop owner has her transport two million baht of gold and is two cheap to provide her with a car and driver...som nahm na!

Her dog ate it. 

There is a possibility that she dropped the bag in that spot intentionally and that it was then picked up by someone who she was working with to commit the crime. Of course she might also be innocent, but all possibilities should be investigated.  

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

She explained that she was carrying the valuable items in her tote bag, which included her purse, ID card, along with the gold, and it went missing during a motorcycle taxi ride.

 

I bet she knows where it is ...

33 minutes ago, ChumpChange said:

There is a possibility that she dropped the bag in that spot intentionally and that it was then picked up by someone who she was working with to commit the crime. Of course she might also be innocent, but all possibilities should be investigated.  

 

I think you could be onto something there ....    I wouldn't put it past a Thai to do that.

maybe it was her and she planned the whole thing.

Edited May 25, 20242 yr by brianthainess

3 hours ago, kwaussie said:

If i owned the gold shop i would have taken it myself and wouldn't let it out of my sight.

In a secure bag secured to body under clothes

18 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Did she get the sack , or has to repay it back at 500 Baht a month.......

In the heading it says "Delivery Man, but in story ,she's now a woman

 

regards worgeordie

The shops at fault. They should never have let a single female member of staff carry 2M baht worth of gold in the first place. Especially if she didn't have transport and was expected to get a motorcycle taxi. 

Feel sorry for the woman, and I think everybody should cut her some slack. She has served faithfully for 30 years, presumably without incident. She had a bad day, and some bad luck, and that's it.

48 minutes ago, Excogitator said:

Feel sorry for the woman, and I think everybody should cut her some slack. She has served faithfully for 30 years, presumably without incident. She had a bad day, and some bad luck, and that's it.

 

She had a bad day, and some bad luck, and that's it. bad planning.

1 hour ago, Excogitator said:

Feel sorry for the woman, and I think everybody should cut her some slack. She has served faithfully for 30 years, presumably without incident. She had a bad day, and some bad luck, and that's it.

2 million ÷( 30×365). Go on,do the maths! 

This story is as bad as people wearing gold necklaces asking to have them removed 🤔

20 hours ago, Woof999 said:

Carrying 2M baht of gold on a motorbike taxi. Genius.

 

No doubt some good Samaritan would have given it to the police to have it returned to it's rightful owner....LOL

12 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

No doubt some good Samaritan would have given it to the police to have it returned to it's rightful owner....LOL

If it was really lost in earnest, and not a criminal conspiracy involving multiple actors, then there is a good chance it would get returned.
 

It depends on who finds it though. Some may not return it, but many Thais wouldn't keep something big and valuable like that. They would feel for the loss of the other party and wouldn't want the bad Kharma from keeping it. They would also worry about the shame of possibly get caught with it later if they kept it. 
 

There have been many stories over the years of a foreigner accidentally leaving a large sum of cash in a taxi and the taxi driver having returned it. 

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

No doubt some good Samaritan would have given it to the police to have it returned to it's rightful owner....LOL

Probably ?? No Definately WOULD have been better leaving it in the back of a Taxi, The Taxi Driver WOULD'VE Handed it in to the BIB Before Now....

Edited May 25, 20242 yr by Blueman1
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