Foreigners who stole wooden elephant caught on Koh Phangan

[snoop1130]

Foreigners who stole wooden elephant caught on Koh Phangan

 

 

Two foreign thieves - at least one believed to be an American - were arrested by police on Koh Phangan on Tuesday.

 

The men had earlier been caught on CCTV on Monday stealing a wooden elephant from out side the Happy Chang Noi restaurant on Koh Samui.

 

Details of the crime appeared on the Facebook page of Sasothon Somvung along with CCTV footage from several angles from outside the restaurant taken at night.

 

 

 

 

Two men - one black one white - can be seen casing the joint before trying to steal a big elephant. That appears too heavy so they make off with a smaller one.

 

The Facebook poster had appeal for help from friends, locals and police in solving the crime.

 

He found out that the men had rented a Toyota pick-up and one - 22 year old Andrew Corso - had left his US driving license at The Lodge in Bo Phut that is nearby the restaurant.

 

He resembled one of the thieves.

 

He claimed there were three involved though only two were seen on the CCTV.

 

Sasothon thanked everyone involved yesterday when police apprehended two of the men on Koh Pangan and recovered the wooden elephant.

 

There was no confirmation of the story from police.

 

Sasothon had earlier called for jail time for the foreign thieves.

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-6-6

[trogers]

Their new bestseller

 

Elephantine Dungdee...?

[tracker1]

Two light fingered quality tourists Michael Jackson would be proud Black & White yeah yeah yeah !

[TheLobster]

Muppets ! whoops apologies to any Muppets out there.

[balo]

Put them in jail . Idiots. 

 

[nausea]

Bizarre; especially as it seems planned and not some spur of the moment drunken prank.

[jacko45k]

Were they planning to take this home as carry on baggage?

[Rob13]

2 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Were they planning to take this home as carry on baggage?

 

Yes, and then saw into 2 equal pieces once they got home.

[jacko45k]

Just now, Rob13 said:

 

Yes, and then saw into 3 equal pieces once they got home.

Yes they would need a trunk. (sorry!)

[kwak250]

These Americans are making us British look much more respectful .

Keep up the good work lads.

[IamNoone88]

Dumber and Dumb by the look of it.

[IMA_FARANG]

 

 

[mok199]

hopefully they can wai and say ''sorry crap''...and all's forgiven.....

[Evolare]

Stolen elephant? By evil foreigners? This sounds like a job for Ong Bak.

[Thechook]

Boozed up yanks who thought it would be funny to steal another's property.  Hopefully a few months in the Hilton will make them think.

[neeray]

If only they had stopped to think first just how cheaply these wooden elephants can be bought in Thailand.  Much cheaper than trouble with the law, plus of course the embarrassment of their act being exposed on social media.

[Juan B Tong]

Not British.  No tattoos.

[williamgeorgeallen]

well if they rented a pick up it was more than a drunken prank. this is making big news in thai circles so they will have to pay more than a 500thb fine. maybe a 2000thb fine will be imposed.

[richard_smith237]

34 minutes ago, Thechook said:

Boozed up yanks who thought it would be funny to steal another's property.  Hopefully a few months in the Hilton will make them think.

 

You hope they end up in Thailands most notorious prison full of drug dealers, murderers and rapists for carrying out a boozed up prank which didn't hurt or have any significant impact on anyone ?....

 

How about applying some balance and being more realistic: A public apology and a fine.... 

[Kabula]

Stupid people....

[TKDfella]

'Well, officer it was like this. We wanted a real live elephant but apart from being unable to put in the car there would have been problems at the airport.'

[sanukjim]

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Were they planning to take this home as carry on baggage?

These types of idiots if they had gotten away with it probably would have been dumb enough to post the crime on Facebook to their friends. I hope that they enjoy their extended holiday checked into The Crossbar Hotel.

[maddermax]

Interesting that so much trouble has been taken to catch the thieves of a wooden elephant, value??  Try to get a policeman to apprehend a thief who has stolen goods from your home, even with photographic evidence.  It was probably the friends who found the culprits, not the police!

[Goldbear]

I hope that these dumb <deleted> go to jail for at least a little while. That's awful. 

[biplanebluey]

1 hour ago, Evolare said:

Stolen elephant? By evil foreigners? This sounds like a job for Ong Bak.

Whoever he is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tonray]

2 hours ago, kwak250 said:

These Americans are making us British look much more respectful .

Keep up the good work lads.

I guess you missed the stories about the Brit with heroin and the 3 Brit lads picked up last week on criminal mischief. I think it's just that the Brits seem to fall (or jump) off of buildings before they get into criminal difficulties.

[Peterw42]

I am so happy to see we are finally acknowledging and talking about the "elephant in the room"

[moe666]

Screw em a few months in jail ad then on a jet air liner blacklisted never come back boys. A couple of real winners

[Gracas]

Holiday not going quite as planned for these two, maybe due to the lack of planning.

 

I remember when I would come to Thailand just for the bars and girls, never occurred to me to steal a wooden elephant. Time have changed.

[smotherb]

3 hours ago, kwak250 said:

These Americans are making us British look much more respectful .

Keep up the good work lads.

Yes, at least one appears to be an American--so another low-life foreigner none-the-less. But the count today is thieves vs. rapists; is it not.