German victim of necklace snatch in Jomtien

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German victim of necklace snatch in Jomtien




PATTAYA: -- A 36 year old German national was caught-up in a necklace snatch on the Sukhumvit Road in front of Makro’s on Wednesday afternoon. Police were able to detain two suspects and two others aged 14 and 16 were were thought to be part of the same gang.

Police were called to the location just after 2pm by Mr. Toby Tredl who had lost his 18k Gold Necklace as he was driving his motorbike along the main road towards Pattaya. He described how two men on a further bike came up beside him and the passenger leant over and snatched the necklace from around his neck.

A description of the pair was circulated amongst Police Officers who were able to find the two suspects in Soi 1 off the South Pattaya Road. With the two men, both aged 18, were two boys aged 14 and 16 who were also detained.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/115265/german-victim-of-necklace-snatch-in-jomtien/


-- Pattaya One 2014-01-16

[henrymeier99]

Great, sometimes the police so fast, very interesting.

[Skint]

There is something not right, why the police are putting their arms round the offenders rather than finger point?

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[lee b]

Lets hope that the BiB dont just let these guys off with a pety 500b fine, they will only be laughing and out to do it again. Get some saudi punishment here and chop a didget off. They will not be doing it again, what happens if the poor victim has a bad heart and suffers an attack due to something like this? Should it go this far as these cowards will pray on older looking ppl as well

[JoeThePoster]

The guys in the helmets are probably the gang leaders.

[OMGImInPattaya]

Now if they could only work as fast when the scion of an influential family runs down and kills one of their own in his Ferrari.

[belg]

^{arm around neck, possible relative?}

^{500 baht fine and off they go}

[JesseFrank]

The guys in the helmets are probably the gang leaders.

They are under aged.

[lucjoker]

There is something not right, why the police are putting their arms round the offenders rather than finger point? Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand

they are learning the right technique of snatching !

[little mary sunshine]

Four more reasons why Thailand"s Future is so BLEAK !!!!!!!!!!

[pete600]

The guys in the helmets are probably the gang leaders.

I think they are the police but you could be right

[Hawk]

Four more reasons why Thailand"s Future is so BLEAK !!!!!!!!!!

"Children of the damned"

[Ulic]

Credit were credit is due, well done

[chingching]

I find it hard to believe many of these stories of such quick apprehension. The German was able to give such a good description of two guys on a motorbike going past him, so he only saw them from the rear, then was able to call the police and explain to them in German or English what the two guys looked like, then the police were able to ID every motorbike in Pattaya/Jomtien with 2 guys on it. And what is it with these thieves, why do they always seem to hang out a few blocks away, waiting to get caught. Wouldn't you think they'd go hide for awhile.

[JRThailand]

Anyone wearing gold necklace, etc. in Pattaya or BKK is an idiot! It's like dangling a chicken in front of an alligator!

[tetleythedog]

Now if they could only work as fast when the scion of an influential family runs down and kills one of their own in his Ferrari.

Four more reasons why Thailand"s Future is so BLEAK !!!!!!!!!!

There are 2 sides to this..............while i heartily agree that all theft is wrong and should be punished accordingly, there is always the "show off" farang parading his wealth to try and impress people. It seems that 90% of them who come here seem to think they should have the appropriate dipshit accessories...............gold, tattoos, earrings.........trying to be something they were not and couldn't be in their own countries of origin. They parade in front of people who have little possessions, and even less intelligence. Poverty promotes crime the world over.

[BigC]

I would prefer to take them out back and give them a proper hiding then let them go

The old fashion slap on the wrists

[eddie61]

and looking at the photo, one wonders which ones are the hardened criminals...

[Beetlejuice]

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[jinners]

Lets hope that the BiB dont just let these guys off with a pety 500b fine, they will only be laughing and out to do it again. Get some saudi punishment here and chop a didget off. They will not be doing it again, what happens if the poor victim has a bad heart and suffers an attack due to something like this? Should it go this far as these cowards will pray on older looking ppl as well

Had it happen to me when I'd just got here. Really pissed me off, never caught the f***ers they need a good kicking. Like most "petty crime"it has a large impact on the victim.

[H1w4yR1da]

There are 2 sides to this..............while i heartily agree that all theft is wrong and should be punished accordingly, there is always the "show off" farang parading his wealth to try and impress people. It seems that 90% of them who come here seem to think they should have the appropriate dipshit accessories...............gold, tattoos, earrings.........trying to be something they were not and couldn't be in their own countries of origin. They parade in front of people who have little possessions, and even less intelligence. Poverty promotes crime the world over.

That's one of the best 'blame the victim' posts I've read in a long time. Well done!

I bet you wouldn't have posted that if the victim had been Thai.

Those nasty farangs! How dare they wear gold necklaces!?

The fact that Thais also do is irrelevant, I guess.

[mikebell]

The guys in the helmets are probably the gang leaders.

Check out how much gold the police wear at both Jomtien & Pattaya. My wife overheard two police talking about their employees snatching gold. Sometimes they have to 'catch' someone for show.

[MMarlow]

Anyone wearing gold necklace, etc. in Pattaya or BKK is an idiot! It's like dangling a chicken in front of an alligator!

Judging from your post you must be in Pattaya or Bangkok and wearing a gold necklace.

[Rooney860]

No problem, got it from Aldi!!

[kirk0233]

Seven police in the bottom picture. Did it really take this many to catch two teenagers? All want to be famous for a day.

[thhMan]

Completely ridiculous...

If the police where doing their job in the first place, they would have nabbed the boys for No-HELMET, but as they are not farangs, they dont bother.

BTW, I dont know if the boys had no helmets... I am just being sarcastic at the picture of those smug police officers.... How they sleep at night baffles me....

[TheNativeSon]

Anyone wearing gold necklace, etc. in Pattaya or BKK is an idiot! It's like dangling a chicken in front of an alligator!

FINALLY! The main point of issue has been made. That German "victim" has been told " the farang survival rules of the road" in (at least) three different regional dialects of the German language,.....Guaranteed!

[godden]

i'm off for a bit of snatch myself

[klauskunkel]

There is something not right, why the police are putting their arms round the offenders rather than finger point? Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand

Father and son...

[Munger]

There are 2 sides to this..............while i heartily agree that all theft is wrong and should be punished accordingly, there is always the "show off" farang parading his wealth to try and impress people. It seems that 90% of them who come here seem to think they should have the appropriate dipshit accessories...............gold, tattoos, earrings.........trying to be something they were not and couldn't be in their own countries of origin. They parade in front of people who have little possessions, and even less intelligence. Poverty promotes crime the world over.

That's one of the best 'blame the victim' posts I've read in a long time. Well done!

I bet you wouldn't have posted that if the victim had been Thai.

Those nasty farangs! How dare they wear gold necklaces!?

The fact that Thais also do is irrelevant, I guess.

YUP, always blame the victim if a farang. If the victim is a thai, then the thai apologists look for another thread.