Phuket party thieves arrested with B1mn of stolen goods

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Phuket party thieves arrested with B1mn of stolen goods
Phuket Gazette


PARTY TIME TO JAIL TIME: Mr Watchara (left) and Mr Ekkachai after their arrest. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

PHUKET: -- Two hedonistic thieves who robbed a liquor store and drove off with their loot in the back of the store’s truck have been apprehended with over a million baht of loot from an extended stealing spree around Phuket.

Undercover officers first located Ekkachai "Ek" Sae Kang, 33, on a soi off Sakdidet Road, and he led them to his partner in crime, Watchara "Jo" Chuamanee, 37, in Srisoonthorn.

When apprehended, the two men were in possession of stolen goods valued at more than a million baht, including: computers, cellphones, watches, gold necklaces, a motorcycle, a Honda City car and the liquor store pickup truck.

The 12 kegs of beer, 10 bottles of whisky and two cartons of cigarettes they stole from the liquor store were no longer in their possession (story here).

Mr Ekkachai and Mr Watchara confessed to 20 robberies in less than two months, said Lt Col Prawit Engchuan, Phuket City Police inspector.

Their modus operandi, they told police, was to ride around on Mr Ekkachai’s motorcycle looking for a house with nobody at home.

“We would pick a house with a locked front door, cut the lock and search for valuables in the house,” said Mr Ekkachai.

“We searched separately and took whatever we found. We found, we took. And we do not share,” he explained.

“We sometimes ate some food and drink in the house we were robbing,” he added.

They sold the stolen items and used the money to gallivant around, said Col Prawit.

“They have both been charged with theft. In their quest for a good time they may have gained jail time,” he added.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-party-thieves-arrested-with-B1mn-of-stolen-goods-22140.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-09-02

[Shot]

Love the shirt

[gosompoi]

The shirt was stolen too!

Edited September 2, 2013 by gosompoi

[Raindancer]

Phuket...the cesspit of Thailand. Thank goodness for the Internet ....so many countries now aware of the phuketgate. Keep fleecing the tourists and soon they will go away. Sad reflection upon Thai greed and scams. NO not Thai bashing.....just to say enough is enough. They will kill tourism by their practices of take ...take take. Tam di dai di

Edited September 2, 2013 by Raindancer

[wpcoe]

Phuket...the cesspit of Thailand.

Now, now. Be careful, or the Pattaya bashers will have your hide and tan it!

[Raindancer]

Phuket...the cesspit of Thailand.

Now, now. Be careful, or the Pattaya bashers will have your hide and tan it!

Omg I am really running scared of those people. Why live there unless you enjoy depravity of human life.

[lee b]

Wonder if anyone will get there belongings back??

[Sailingbum1]

Love the shirt

Reads from the bottom up

[Sailingbum1]

These guys sure flip on there pals fast. Do theives have no honor anymore? Perhaps it is Thai interrogation technics.

[seabear]

I know what a thieve is.

And I have an idea what hedonism is.

But what a hedonistic thieve is eludes me.

[Beetlejuice]

I know what a thieve is.

And I have an idea what hedonism is.

But what a hedonistic thieve is eludes me.

Well, they steal hedonistics. I thought everyone knew that? But I have no idea what a thieve is?

[Jimbob1]

I know what a thieve is.

And I have an idea what hedonism is.

But what a hedonistic thieve is eludes me.

MMmmm hedonistic

Must be when he Heads on out with his mate to pinch stuff

[BrianCR]

I know what a thieve is.

And I have an idea what hedonism is.

But what a hedonistic thieve is eludes me.

MMmmm hedonistic

Must be when he Heads on out with his mate to pinch stuff

Ha-ha could be heads - I missed it, tails...... or as an adjective; to be engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent: a hedonistic existence of booze, drugs, and parties! I think the second definition sounds more like Phuket, don't you?

Now, thieve? I give up!