Phuket airport worker arrested for theft of passenger’s phone

By The Nation

 

A worker carrying luggage at Phuket International Airport has been arrested for allegedly stealing a smartphone belonging to an Indian passenger after the stolen phone mailed photos to the owner.

Officials from Phuket airport led tourist police and officers from Sakhu Police Station to arrest Attahachai Kaewduang, 25, at the airport on Friday.

 

He was charged with stealing a gold Samsung Galaxy Note 5 from Malvika Mukherjee on April 24.

 

The Indian tourist visited the island-province and left for United Arab Emirates on Etihad Airways Flight EY305 on April 24 from Phuket airport. When she reached the destination, she found her smartphone missing.

 

Later the smartphone mailed her photos of a man so she filed a complaint on the Facebook fan page of Airports of Thailand, which coordinated with Phuket tourist police and Sakhu Police Station to investigate. They checked out the photos and arrested Attahcahai.

 

Police said the worker had stolen from several other passengers. Several other stolen items were allegedly found in his house.

 

Phuket airport director Phet Chuncharoen said the airport would step up security at plane hangars and runways as well as check workers exiting the airport to prevent theft in the future.

 

He will also set up a committee to study how to prevent theft from passengers’ luggage in the future.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30324284

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-19

And then we get the other story of the van driver returning 3300 euros

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

They checked out the photos and arrested Attahcahai.

Hope he smiled for his mugshot.

How stupid are these thieves - very stupid.

Was the phone smart enough to take photo's and email them to the owner? 

Or the thief accidentally sent them to the owner?  

4 hours ago, aussie11950 said:

Was the phone smart enough to take photo's and email them to the owner? 

Or the thief accidentally sent them to the owner?  

 

I know from my Google account which is linked to my wife's phone then my phones automatically receives any photos she takes. Which are hundreds of selfies every day.

 

If the thief had enough brain cells then he could have surned off the syncronise function. I guess they just think the tourists leaving to go home can't report to Phuket police. This lady took the time to Facebook the airport authorities and get a result.

46 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

I know from my Google account which is linked to my wife's phone then my phones automatically receives any photos she takes.

Is she aware of this?

creepy

38 minutes ago, topt said:

Is she aware of this?

 

Yes 

 

the main thing though, is he didn't get a Wai with it

Great that they got the thief....dumb that the owner put valuables in a check-in bag.

That's the real solution at the end of the piece. Set up a committee. Works for every other problem in Thailand doesn't it?