Student arrested for six taxi holdups in one night in Bangkok

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Student arrested for six taxi holdups in one night



BANGKOK: -- A university student was arrested by Wang Thonglang station police in Bangkok after holding up six taxis early Wednesday morning.

The first year student whose identity was withheld as he is still a teenager was apprehended while he was making the attempt to hold up the sixth taxi driver on Soi Lardprao 112 at 3.30 am today.

A fake gun which is a cigarette lighter was seized along with 2,380 baht in cash.

He confessed to have held up five taxis before being arrested.

He said he wanted the money for class registration and for transportation cost to return home in Chumphon province.

He said he turned to hold up taxis because he left his purse with a friend who had gone home, and had no money.

The fake cigarette lighter gun was borrowed from a friend.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/student-arrested-for-six-taxi-holdups-in-one-night


-- Thai PBS 2015-10-14

[Soutpeel]

Wonder what he is studying at Uni ?

Public admistration ? Or maybe he hoped to join the BIB.

Given he had forgot his purse at home maybe saving up for his reassignment operation ?

Edited October 14, 2015 by Soutpeel

[speedtripler]

Should have just robbed 1 higher value target... 6 taxis one after another was just pure stupidity.....

[kkerry]

Makes a change from wanting money for drugs I suppose.

btw, the photo accompanying the BP report on this is classic...

[deckape]

Did he at least change his location, or did he stand on the same damn corner for each robbery?

[halloween]

With an expected 6 consecutive sentences, he should manage a few correspondence degrees before he gets out.

[lujanit]

Someone robbing the robbers. Classic irony.

[slapout]

This is why the iron buffalo should not be used, in some cases, to replace the animals. This boy has demonstrated the need for an intelligent beast to lead/show the way for many who reside in this country.

Send him back home for futher social experience feeding and caring for the farm animals while giving the village dummy some experience as a minder.

[NongKhaiKid]

Did he at least change his location, or did he stand on the same damn corner for each robbery?

Maybe he's superstitious enough to think this is my ' lucky corner ' so why move when the spirits are looking after me ?

[starky]

Wonder what he is studying at Uni ?

Public admistration ? Or maybe he hoped to join the BIB.

Given he had forgot his purse at home maybe saving up for his reassignment operation ?

Definitely a chance if he gets a start with the BIB he's laughing. He won't have to move won't have to pull a gun and can get, what? 200 baht for no helmet? He would have that 3000 in no time plus he gets a spiffy uniform and a license to kill, awesome.

[realenglish1]

Smart move At least he cannot be charged with WEAPONS POSSESSION

[steven100]

not too many BIB in the photo, no pointing ..... very disappointing photo shoot .

[soalbundy]

6 in one night !! who says Thais aren't prepared to work hard. He forgot his wallet and needed the money what do you do, rob a Taxi, perfectly logical. He couldn't get his friend to send the money via a bank or postal order..... no, to complicated.

[ggt]

Poor kid just happens to be born in the wrong country...in an unnamed country...he would become an instant cult hero...offered free tuition, food, housing, and transportation...book deals, make the rounds of the morning news shows and become the star of his own reality show...

Heaven forbid if he was an illegal alien...added to the above would be healthcare and a monthly income...

[metisdead]

Some nonsense posts have been removed.

[Thian]

When a Thammasat student crashes his sportscar they mention the university, then why don't they mention this fools university?

Robbing 6 taxi's in a row is asking to get arrested i would think.

[reggaebkk]

Poor kid just happens to be born in the wrong country...in an unnamed country...he would become an instant cult hero...offered free tuition, food, housing, and transportation...book deals, make the rounds of the morning news shows and become the star of his own reality show...

Heaven forbid if he was an illegal alien...added to the above would be healthcare and a monthly income...

You must be talking about France... But what you forget to mention is that in France NGOs would help him sue the university, the police and the taxi drivers for damages... Poor kid, being forced to steal from the hard working class... where are his human rights?

[SOTIRIOS]

...to take a common criminal's statement as 'gospel'.....

...delusional all around....

...a nation of virtue and wisdom.....

[Brer Fox]

I suspect he was studying law and started looking for shortcuts to make easy money.

[kennw]

Makes you wonder, if he really was after money to register for education purposes, what are his basic ethics, and is he not just another corrupt official in the making, and how many others are there? e.g. previous surveys suggested 60% plus of younger people thought corruption was OK so long ask they got some benefit. No wonder our current PM is trying to reboot Thai society.

[arrowsdawdle]

Smart move At least he cannot be charged with WEAPONS POSSESSION

It is never ever smart to flash a fake gun. Never.

[arrowsdawdle]

Makes you wonder, if he really was after money to register for education purposes, what are his basic ethics, and is he not just another corrupt official in the making, and how many others are there? e.g. previous surveys suggested 60% plus of younger people thought corruption was OK so long ask they got some benefit. No wonder our current PM is trying to reboot Thai society.

Reboot Thai society? What on earth gave you that impression? Words to that effect from him? Perhaps, you would be interested in buying this bridge in Brooklyn for a small down payment.

[dotpoom]

Wonder what he is studying at Uni ?

Public admistration ? Or maybe he hoped to join the BIB.

Given he had forgot his purse at home maybe saving up for his reassignment operation ?

He left the purse with a friend...the friend had gone home. Shows how little the Taxi men are making, on average he got less than 500 Baht from the first 5 Taxi's.

[oslooskar]

Someone robbing the robbers. Classic irony.

If you have compelling evidence that most taxidrivers are robbers then please present it. I drove a taxi for a good number of years in San Francisco and never robbed anyone. In fact, on several occassions I have gone to the aid of my fellow citizens who were in the process of being victimized by criminals. I was also robbed twice at gunpoint and shot the last guy who robbed me.

[Somnambulist]

Or maybe they keep the main stash in a hiding place.

[jacko45k]

Well that's John Dillinger safely under lock and key!

[Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere]

Well he won't have his purse in prison when he gets held up by his buddies but it will be for butt not baht.

[dcpo]

If I was going to rob someone I'd pick a target less likely to be armed.

[halloween]

Smart move At least he cannot be charged with WEAPONS POSSESSION

Not sure about Thailand but "Most courts would consider the use of a fake weapon to be armed robbery."

http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/robbery-with-a-fake-weapon.html

[fakser]

Wonder what he is studying at Uni ?

Public admistration ? Or maybe he hoped to join the BIB.

Given he had forgot his purse at home maybe saving up for his reassignment operation ?

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