Chon Buri Provincial Immigration Office officers arrested a Polish man for the theft of LED lights from a ganja farm in the northern province of Chiang Mai as he was about to renew his visa.

 

The owner of a cannabis farm in the Sansai district of Chiang Mai filed a complaint against the farm’s former consultant, 37 year old Polish man Christopher Kazimierz Kasperowicz, for reportedly stealing LED grow lights worth approximately 370,000 baht.

 

The farm owner explained that Kasperowicz was allegedly angry after being removed from his consultant position. He threatened to steal from the farm and allegedly did so. He rented a delivery truck in Bangkok to transfer 22 stolen lights from the Chiang Mai farm to Bangkok.

 

After the theft, Kasperowicz moved to hide in Pattaya. Police closely monitored him until the day he visited the immigration office to renew his visa.

During questioning, Kasperowicz denied the accusation and claimed that all of the lights belonged to him as he had also invested in the farm while he was in the position.

Despite Kasperowicz’s claim, police charged him with committing theft at night, using a vehicle to facilitate the theft and escape. The punishment is imprisonment from one to five years and a fine from 20,000 to 100,000 baht, according to Section 335 of the Criminal Law.

 

From the pictures shared by several Thai news agencies, Kasperowicz appeared relaxed and unconcerned about the legal consequences. He was seen smiling during questioning and detention at the immigration office.

 

A similar theft committed by a foreigner in Thailand was reported last month in the Chalong district of Phuket. A Thai woman took to social media to search for a foreign man who stole her motorcycle. The identity of the foreign thief was clearly shown on CCTV camera footage, but there has been no update on whether the foreigner was arrested.

 

Another theft occurred in Pattaya in the same month when a Swedish man was arrested outside a hotel after stealing two motorcycles from a taxi driver and a local in the area.

 

by Petch Petpailin
Photo via Facebook/ บิ๊กเกรียน

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-07-26

 

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1 hour ago, webfact said:

The farm owner explained that Kasperowicz was allegedly angry after being removed from his consultant position.

Thank you for your service, now we know what to do you can bugger off.

How is the theft of motorcycles related in anyway to this.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

During questioning, Kasperowicz denied the accusation and claimed that all of the lights belonged to him as he had also invested in the farm while he was in the position.

I tend to believe him.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

37 year old

 

37 or 370?

I guess how the theft of the lights and check my and the motorcycle theft down south I guess there are foreigners involved. Sometimes you can’t figure out exactly what they’re saying or thinking TIT and by the way, talking about crime and theft and everything else what happened to the Red Bull kid? 

I kind of believe the Polish guy. I've seen this done to good people many times before. They help set up a business believing they had a partnership only for the local/other party turn on them and run to the police with some charge. Hope he kept receipts/documents.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Kasperowicz appeared relaxed and unconcerned about the legal consequences. He was seen smiling during questioning and detention at the immigration office.

Because he was stoned.

On the bright side no more IMO for a year or five 🤔

Remind me.  Do we like or hate Poles this week?  It's hard to keep track.

 

I'm inclined to believe the guy, because the same thing happened to me in Asia, though not in Thailand.  And it's a recurring theme when I meet guys who had businesses in Asia.  The key word being "had".  Past tense.

 

I've seen that "smart business practice" in Thailand more that XX times. Farang joined thai "partner", setup biz, thai partner not partner anymore. 

I've been in this <deleted> few times myself. 370,000 is about $10K - possible investment. about $500 per lamp. Good one!

Consultant? so no WP. Very clever as well - no obligation for thai part.

Unfortunately his future is not that bright and he will do time for sure. Too naive for 37 y.o.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai news agencies, Kasperowicz appeared relaxed and unconcerned about the legal consequences. He was seen smiling during questioning and detention at the immigration office.

Smug criminal. Give him the full five years and ฿100000 penalty. 

34 minutes ago, BritScot said:

Hope he kept receipts/documents.

The important document would be the contract agreement.

3 hours ago, novacova said:

The important document would be the contract agreement.

True very much! Every failure with Thai partners could be avoided with well written and notarized agreement. But no! We are friends, we are family, we like each other a lot!

Boom and your foreign investment gone! Your know how not yours anymore and so and so. 

I can write a volumes on such stories

 

Something that will have a weight in the court won't cost you much, however might prevent from disaster. 

PS: Not always. I knew one fella sales-man who didn't receive quite big commission so he went to the court for many years - no success. Farang against farang-thai company.