Tourist caught with stolen bag in Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

CHIANG MAI: A Mexican aged tourist was caught red-handed with stolen shoulder bag in hand after quietly grabbed it from a sidewalk gallery vendor in Chiang Mai Night Bazaar last night.

The tourist was identified as Mr Albert Ramos, 66.

According to police, Ramos pretended to shop around a gallery “Art In Feeling” on the basement floor of the night bazaar at midnight.

As the gallery owner Asanee Chaluay went to the toilet after finishing painting a customer, leaving his shoulder bag on the chair.

But after he returned, the bag disappeared.

A look into the gallery’s video camera showed the tourist grabbed his bag away.

Police were called in to look for the tourist and after half an hour search, he was located in the night bazaar with the stolen bag containing a notebook, four Buddha amulets, bank deposit books.

He was later taken to the police station to face theft charge.

However he denied the charge, police said.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/164136

-- Thai PBS 2016-05-22

What exactly is a "Mexican aged'" person ? Someone who looks like they have lived a hard life in Mexico ? Perhaps they meant an "aged Mexican" ?

A "Mexican-Aged" person is 66.

But as to why Asanee Chaluay was painting a customer is anyones guess.

dont ya just love it, when video catches him nicking the bag, he is caught with the bag, and now he pleads "not guilty" still he can always blame it on the drink/drugs/angry. , ah no, that won't work, he isn't a Thai.

Maybe he has been here a long time.....and learnt, to either run, or deny doing it.....seems to work

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

Asanee makes a living by painting portraits..Aged Mexican ?= Senile Old Fool...he should tell them he suffers from a rare form of disease that made him nick stuff that are left unattended. ???

Just an apology for being drunk might do the trick but oh he is not Thai?

What exactly is a "Mexican aged'" person ? Someone who looks like they have lived a hard life in Mexico ? Perhaps they meant an "aged Mexican" ?

Perhaps you're being pedantic and you know exactly what they meant?

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

Donald Trump might want to weigh in seeing that he is Mexican.

Perhaps the vendor is rubbing his hands in glee at the settlement payment.

As luck would have it the bag contained amulets thus ensuring the bag was ultimately returned to it's rightful owner. These amulets will now probably completely fulfill the the owners good luck and ensure the Mexican is found guilty and receives a harsh penalty for stealing said amulets.

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

Go take a ride on your motorbike !!

"A Mexican aged tourist was ..." I think that means they're 5'8" tall.

..."However he denied the charge"....so enjoy your Holiday in Prison

Theft is theft, irrespective of age or nationality. He's lucky he didn't get the impulse to steal in Saudi Arabia.

My defense would be that the vendor gave the bag to me and has either changed his/her mind or was setting me up to be arrested in order to gain a bribe.

Theft is theft, irrespective of age or nationality. He's lucky he didn't get the impulse to steal in Saudi Arabia.

...got to hand it to the Saudis...they know how to discourage theft.

My defense would be that the vendor gave the bag to me and has either changed his/her mind or was setting me up to be arrested in order to gain a bribe.

Excprt that there is video evidence of what really happened....

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

Don't hold your breath waiting, and

it's you who sounds bitter

What exactly is a "Mexican aged'" person ? Someone who looks like they have lived a hard life in Mexico ? Perhaps they meant an "aged Mexican" ?

There is also a word "aged," pronounced a-jed and meaning older. Oh, what am I doing? Thainess, see what I mean?

An aged Mexican tourist...

Enjoy your holiday in prison

Perhaps they meant an " Mexican Agave tourist" ? That would account for his alibi

Theft is theft, irrespective of age or nationality. He's lucky he didn't get the impulse to steal in Saudi Arabia.

...got to hand it to the Saudis...they know how to discourage theft.

On the contrary - theft is rampant in KSA ascis a lot of petty crime. One reason is that the harsh punishments are applied to foreigners not locals - the other is that because the punishments are so severe people do not acknowledge such crimes. Theft is a way of life in the Arab world.

Theft is theft, irrespective of age or nationality. He's lucky he didn't get the impulse to steal in Saudi Arabia.

...got to hand it to the Saudis...they know how to discourage theft.

On the contrary - theft is rampant in KSA ascis a lot of petty crime. One reason is that the harsh punishments are applied to foreigners not locals - the other is that because the punishments are so severe people do not acknowledge such crimes. Theft is a way of life in the Arab world.

What total rot. Saudi applies its punishments to Saudis far more than it does to foreigners. Petty crime is virtually non-existent in Saudi. In the 2 years I worked there - there was an Indonesian cleaner who stole stuff from the people she cleaned for and a Western project manager who stole an iPhone - that was in a company of more than 2,000 people.

Theft is theft, irrespective of age or nationality. He's lucky he didn't get the impulse to steal in Saudi Arabia.

...got to hand it to the Saudis...they know how to discourage theft.

On the contrary - theft is rampant in KSA ascis a lot of petty crime. One reason is that the harsh punishments are applied to foreigners not locals - the other is that because the punishments are so severe people do not acknowledge such crimes. Theft is a way of life in the Arab world.

What total rot. Saudi applies its punishments to Saudis far more than it does to foreigners. Petty crime is virtually non-existent in Saudi. In the 2 years I worked there - there was an Indonesian cleaner who stole stuff from the people she cleaned for and a Western project manager who stole an iPhone - that was in a company of more than 2,000 people.

Yes they save their mischief for inciting terrorism across the globe.

...got to hand it to the Saudis...they know how to discourage theft.

On the contrary - theft is rampant in KSA ascis a lot of petty crime. One reason is that the harsh punishments are applied to foreigners not locals - the other is that because the punishments are so severe people do not acknowledge such crimes. Theft is a way of life in the Arab world.

What total rot. Saudi applies its punishments to Saudis far more than it does to foreigners. Petty crime is virtually non-existent in Saudi. In the 2 years I worked there - there was an Indonesian cleaner who stole stuff from the people she cleaned for and a Western project manager who stole an iPhone - that was in a company of more than 2,000 people.

Yes they save their mischief for inciting terrorism across the globe.

I wouldn't disagree with that at all. Wahhabism is a seriously awful branch of faith and responsible for much (though to be fair not all) of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism.

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

He ain't white, and he speaks Spanish.

Tell me why you think he will get support from 'farangs' (bitter or not)

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

Nah. He's Mexican. All the American posters will say he's a rapist and all the Brits will call him a bloody <deleted>. Nobody gonna back him up.

Waiting for all bitter farangs to back him up !

Donald Trump might want to weigh in seeing that he is Mexican.

He's not really a Mexican just the same age as one.