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Friday 19th December 2008
Finnish Tourist detains Baht Bus Thief.
Well organized gangs targeting foreigners on Baht Buses operate here in Pattaya. Local Police Divisions will often run undercover operations to catch the gang members, however on occasion members of the public are able to catch these thieves red-handed. This is one such case which occurred on a Baht Bus in the early hours of Friday Morning. Mr. Johan Hanpa aged 37 from Finland was travelling on the Baht Bus when a smartly dressed woman sat beside him. She started to hold him tight and even kissed him on the cheek. Mr. Hanpa realized that something was not right and saw the woman pass items to the driver of a BMW car driving next to the Baht Bus. Mr. Hanpa alerted the taxi driver who stopped and Mr. Hanpa detained the woman, who was in fact a transsexual, Khun Chaiyot aged 28. He later confessed to committing many similar thefts. Police are now hunting for the Silver BMW which escaped before Police arrived. The driver of the car was handed the victims wallet which contained 4,000 Baht in cash which has yet to be recovered.
(I expect more of this during the hard times in the next few months)
Finnish Tourist detains Baht Bus Thief.
Well organized gangs targeting foreigners on Baht Buses operate here in Pattaya. Local Police Divisions will often run undercover operations to catch the gang members, however on occasion members of the public are able to catch these thieves red-handed. This is one such case which occurred on a Baht Bus in the early hours of Friday Morning. Mr. Johan Hanpa aged 37 from Finland was travelling on the Baht Bus when a smartly dressed woman sat beside him. She started to hold him tight and even kissed him on the cheek. Mr. Hanpa realized that something was not right and saw the woman pass items to the driver of a BMW car driving next to the Baht Bus. Mr. Hanpa alerted the taxi driver who stopped and Mr. Hanpa detained the woman, who was in fact a transsexual, Khun Chaiyot aged 28. He later confessed to committing many similar thefts. Police are now hunting for the Silver BMW which escaped before Police arrived. The driver of the car was handed the victims wallet which contained 4,000 Baht in cash which has yet to be recovered.
(I expect more of this during the hard times in the next few months)
