george Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Phuket bike bandit leaves Brits broke Kata Noi Road in Phuket where tourists had bags stolen from baskets on their rented motorcycles. PHUKET: -- Two tourists robbed in Kata were left penniless when a thief snatched a bag containing all their remaining holiday cash from the basket on their rented motorbike last week. The thief, riding another motorbike, snatched the bag on Kata Noi Road early Monday evening. The bag belonging to British holidaymaker 21-year-old Emma Kim Parker, a passenger on the bike driven by a male traveling companion, contained the equivalent of about 230,000 baht in US dollars and euro. An expensive Nikon camera was also in the bag. Police believe the lone basket bandit took advantage of the fact that the tourists would not be able to give chase with two of them weighing down their bike. The pair had planned to stay in Thailand for several weeks, but with no spending money left after arriving less than a week before the theft, they told the Gazette they were so traumatized that they wanted to go home as soon as possible. “This is our first time in Thailand and we don’t know what to do now. We’ve never had this kind of experience and didn’t expect our stuff could be stolen off a [moving] motorbike,” they said. While waiting for money to be sent from abroad so they could buy flights home, the young travelers had to rely on charity from the owner of the Pineapple Guesthouse where they were staying. “There is a safe deposit box in their room, but they didn’t keep their money in there. I don’t know why,” said the owner. According to the police, the bandit had already targeted a young Swedish couple who were riding a motorcycle in the same area an hour earlier that evening, making off with a camera and 3,000 baht in cash. -- Phuket Gazette 2009-11-16 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Insurance fraud - cert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Insurance fraud - cert. Uninsured. FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanno Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 230,000 Baht in a bag in the motorbike's basket!!!! What the heck were they thinking? Don't think it would be insurance fraud as no insurance will reimburse cash; I think it was plain old stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midasthailand Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Insurance fraud - cert. Phuket cynics club founding member??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Don't think it would be insurance fraud as no insurance will reimburse cashSome do.Don't think it was insurance fraud though, since they said not to have insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billythehat Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 ].....mmmmm...the facts aren’t exactly clear here...so, Watson, I would ‘suggest’ that the travelling companion may have been one of those ‘Yanky’ fellow’s, which may or may not account for the dollars. As to the Euro’s...mmm...puff, puff, why not just bring Pounds Sterling, which is still the current tender in England?...mmm, Watson, I fear all is not what it seems...quick, fetch the coaches, the game is afoot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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