Phuket bike theft gang 'stole 200 bikes', sold them in Myanmar

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Phuket bike theft gang 'stole 200 bikes', sold them in Myanmar
Saran Mitrarat


Pol Lt Col Sutthichai Thianpho questions gang leader Zeed (red shirt) and gang member Anna Chuaychart.

PHUKET: -- Patong police have arrested a gang of Thai and Burmese motorbike thieves thought to have stolen as many as 200 motorbikes and shipped them to Myanmar for sale.

Yesterday afternoon (November 24) at Phuket Provincial Police station, Phuket Provincial Commander Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit led introduced the thieves to the press and gave details of how the gang operated.

The leader of the gang was Zeed Chid-eur, 29, from Ranong. The other gang members were Anna Chuaychart, Adam Yoosri and Suradet Khunpakdee. All have both Thai and Myanmar nationalities.

“Undercover police discovered that there were four members in the gang, which had stolen more than 200 motorbikes from all areas of Phuket, though their main target was bikes parked outside apartment buildings,” Gen Patchara said.

“Police baited these areas in Patong with many motorbikes and kept a watch. On Saturday night, in the parking lot in front of the Rojjana guesthouse, Zeed arrived and cracked the lock on one of the bikes with a special tool.”

He said that once the lock had been cracked the bike could be started at any time without a key.

As soon as Zeed cracked the lock on the bike, police pounced.

“Zeede would bring the stolen motorbikes to a rented house in the Kathu area, from where they would be picked up by the other gang members,” Lt Col Khunnadet Na Nhongkai, the deputy superintendent of Kathu Police, Col Khunnadet told The Phuket News.

“These members would ride each bike to Ranong, passing through many check points – the gang had figured out the times when the check points were not manned – and would then take the bike by ferry from a pier in the Suksamran District into Myanmar,” he explained.

In Myanmar they were delivered to a dealer who paid B20,000-35,000 per bike. The three gang members who made the deliveries to Ranong got B5,000 per bike, police learned, but Zeed refused to tell police how much he got for stealing the bikes in the first place.

“The suspects have all been charged with theft at night,” Gen Patchara added.

At the press conference police asked whether or not the suspects admitted the charge. They were met by a wall of silence.

The Phuket News asked the quartet how they spent the money they got from the thefts. Again, silence.

Gen Patchara said, “There is another bike theft gang active in Patong. They are now under investigation and we expect to arrest them soon.”

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-bike-theft-gang-%E2%80%98stole-200-bikes%E2%80%99-sold-them-in-myanmar-49801.php


-- Phuket News 2014-11-25

[o2eZy]

so what about the dealer ....he has to be charged with receiving stolen goods and should forfeit assets through proceeds of crime....

[rotary]

I bet Chevrolet will be thrilled with the shirt he is wearing

[stevenl]

so what about the dealer ....he has to be charged with receiving stolen goods and should forfeit assets through proceeds of crime....

Thai police in Myanmar?

[Mudcrab]

I bet Chevrolet will be thrilled with the shirt he is wearing

The one she is wearing is interesting as well. A few possibilities as to the whole slogan printed on the front.

[Ace of Pop]

Red Shirt, hmm helpful, thought i was the only one still in Black n White.They must get paid per word.Waffle Waffle

[wooloomooloo]

The one she is wearing is interesting as well. A few possibilities as to the whole slogan printed on the front.

Don't tempt me, thank you.

[IAMHERE]

Wish we would get a picture of that special tool.

[wabothai]

it is worse when your motocy gets legally stolen and there cannot be any fingerpointing.

Actually I did but was laughed at at the police station.

I know, I know .... just talking about mentality which really is the same.

[NamKangMan]

200 motorbikes - I wouldn't be surprised if they were on commission from the various motorbike dealerships here as well.

[csabo]

Wish we would get a picture of that special tool.

[Gentmartin]

Ahhh...200 bikes stolen...this is why they were over looked for the tour de France..all the teams were shitting themselves as to whether their bikes would end up in Burma !!!

[maidee]

no finger pointing ?

[Ulic]

A friend of mine had his bike stolen in Patong about 10 days after he bought it. The police tried hard to get him to not file a

police report. They told him it was gone and would not be recovered. He insisted (took about 15 minutes to get them to

take the report) in case it it ever turned up. Maybe it is in Myanmar.

[Caesarillion]

5 years hard labor. Minimum. Case closed.

[NamKangMan]

A friend of mine had his bike stolen in Patong about 10 days after he bought it. The police tried hard to get him to not file a

police report. They told him it was gone and would not be recovered. He insisted (took about 15 minutes to get them to

take the report) in case it it ever turned up. Maybe it is in Myanmar.

Sounds like the dealers, or staff at the Land Transport Office, were selling intell to the gang, who would then go and steal brand new motorbikes. They probably only targeted foreign owners.

The gang may have then paid police to persuade owners not to waste their time reporting the stolen motorbike, thus, creating the illusion the crime never happened, at all.

200 new motorbikes stolen - this crime has been going on for a while, with the assistance of the corrupt.

[Si Thea01]

so what about the dealer ....he has to be charged with receiving stolen goods and should forfeit assets through proceeds of crime....

Agree with charging the dealer but this is not the jurisdiction of RTP. Can only be charged by the Burmese Police but only if the offence you say is an offence in that country.

[Brigante7]

Typical Man U fan, thieving git's.

Edited November 26, 2014 by Brigante7

[robblok]

Everyone is complaining about the cops but they got the guys with stake outs so they did their job. Not all cops are bad.