Tour Guide Loses 20,000 Baht In Cash And A 1 Million Baht Emulate In Drive-by Robbery.

[britmaveric]

Tour Guide loses 20,000 Baht in cash and a 1 Million Baht Emulate in drive-by robbery.

Khun Tanawan aged 34 is a Tour Guide from Bangkok who leads groups of Chinese Tourists to Pattaya on a regular basis. He found himself making a Police report at Pattaya Police Station on Friday Night after he had become the victim of a bag snatch in South Pattaya, opposite the Shell Petrol Station.

He explained to Police Lieutenant Colonel Sirichai, the Investigating Officer, that he had taken a group of Chinese Tourists to a restaurant opposite the Petrol Station. He then left the group and went out to the street to summon a Baht Bus to take him to the Eastern Grand Hotel in Soi Kow Thai Low. As he was waiting for a Baht Bus, a motorbike drove passed the man and the passenger on the bike drove close to him and snatched a bag containing 20,000 Baht in cash, an ATM Card and a Buddhist Emulate worth 1 Million Baht.

At the station, he was able to give a full description of the two assailants and the motorbike and Police are now hunting for the two men who, as yet, remain at large.

-Pattaya City News

Saturday 2nd Decmeber 2006

[john b good]

Tour Guide loses 20,000 Baht in cash and a 1 Million Baht Emulate in drive-by robbery.

Khun Tanawan aged 34 is a Tour Guide from Bangkok who leads groups of Chinese Tourists to Pattaya on a regular basis. He found himself making a Police report at Pattaya Police Station on Friday Night after he had become the victim of a bag snatch in South Pattaya, opposite the Shell Petrol Station.

He explained to Police Lieutenant Colonel Sirichai, the Investigating Officer, that he had taken a group of Chinese Tourists to a restaurant opposite the Petrol Station. He then left the group and went out to the street to summon a Baht Bus to take him to the Eastern Grand Hotel in Soi Kow Thai Low. As he was waiting for a Baht Bus, a motorbike drove passed the man and the passenger on the bike drove close to him and snatched a bag containing 20,000 Baht in cash, an ATM Card and a Buddhist Emulate worth 1 Million Baht.

At the station, he was able to give a full description of the two assailants and the motorbike and Police are now hunting for the two men who, as yet, remain at large.

-Pattaya City News

Saturday 2nd Decmeber 2006

Emulate (or amulet) either way it seems that there is money in being a tour guide nowadays

[Vespa]

Tour Guide loses 20,000 Baht in cash and a 1 Million Baht Emulate in drive-by robbery.

Khun Tanawan aged 34 is a Tour Guide from Bangkok who leads groups of Chinese Tourists to Pattaya on a regular basis. He found himself making a Police report at Pattaya Police Station on Friday Night after he had become the victim of a bag snatch in South Pattaya, opposite the Shell Petrol Station.

He explained to Police Lieutenant Colonel Sirichai, the Investigating Officer, that he had taken a group of Chinese Tourists to a restaurant opposite the Petrol Station. He then left the group and went out to the street to summon a Baht Bus to take him to the Eastern Grand Hotel in Soi Kow Thai Low. As he was waiting for a Baht Bus, a motorbike drove passed the man and the passenger on the bike drove close to him and snatched a bag containing 20,000 Baht in cash, an ATM Card and a Buddhist Emulate worth 1 Million Baht.

At the station, he was able to give a full description of the two assailants and the motorbike and Police are now hunting for the two men who, as yet, remain at large.

-Pattaya City News

Saturday 2nd Decmeber 2006

Emulate (or amulet) either way it seems that there is money in being a tour guide nowadays

I hear some shops go as high as 20%

[Kerryd]

Maybe it's just me, but this smells fishy. Who carries an amulet worth an estimated 1 million baht in a bag ? Especially while on the job ? Plus 20,000 cash and an ATM card ?

He doesn't have a wallet, or even pockets ?

Do tour guides normally drop their clients off at a restaurant and then take off to a hotel for some reason ?

And despite the fact it was a "drive-by" snatch, he was able to give full descriptions of the two people and their moto ?

(Yes officer, I can describe them both. Thai men, aged between 16-30, medium build (for Thais), black hair (hidden by moto helmets), riding a Honda Wave).

This guy is either incredibly stupid, or incredibly unlucky.

[dvk1951]

Maybe it's just me, but this smells fishy. Who carries an amulet worth an estimated 1 million baht in a bag ? Especially while on the job ? Plus 20,000 cash and an ATM card ?

My guess, the amulet: he wanted to safeguard it by not wearing in on display around his neck; the cash: no brainer considering his line of work; the ATM card: how unusual for someone to carry such a thing in public.

He doesn't have a wallet, or even pockets ?

Many people, Thai's included carry a 'purse', not at all unusual.

Do tour guides normally drop their clients off at a restaurant and then take off to a hotel for some reason ?

Not so far fetched considering he is in the tourist business and hotels cater to them.

And despite the fact it was a "drive-by" snatch, he was able to give full descriptions of the two people and their moto ?

Why is being observant a suspicious activity?

(Yes officer, I can describe them both. Thai men, aged between 16-30, medium build (for Thais), black hair (hidden by moto helmets), riding a Honda Wave).

This guy is either incredibly stupid, or incredibly unlucky.

Neither stupid or unlucky, just another victim. I can not help but wonder how these thieves are able to fence their booty so easily. Seems to me a crackdown on the pawnshops for accepting 'dubious' goods would make this type of crime a little less profitable and appealing and give the BIB another angle in attempting to curb these a$$holes.

JMO