Building blocks arrested another unhealthy boy taxi driver who stole over 1.2 million baht from a Japanese passenger while the sufferer fell asleep in the course of the journey. This is considered one of the far-too-many-to-mention tales concerning Bangkok taxi drivers who continue to undermine the great identify of Thailand with their scams, schemes, and stealing.
The theft occurred in the early morning of Thursday, June eight. The forty year outdated Japanese businessman, Nammo Hiroshi, reported to Thong Lor Police Station officers that he fell victim to a taxi driver thief. He defined that he took a pink taxi automobile from the Asoke neighbourhood of Bangkok to the Sukhumvit area.
However, the taxi driver unexpectedly pulled over and insisted Hiroshi swap to a different taxi automobile. Hiroshi complied and transferred to another taxi. He then fell asleep until arriving at his destination and later found that his belongings had disappeared, including a Rolex watch worth 1 million baht, an iPhone 14 Pro max price 40,000 baht, MacBook value 60,000 baht, and a bank card.
Hiroshi later received messages from a bank that his credit card was used yesterday, June 12, in the Bang Khun Tian neighbourhood of Bangkok. So, he asked his Thai good friend, 43 year previous Jamnian Thepthip, to accompany him to the police station.
After the investigation of the bank card usage, officers from Bang Khun Tian Police Station successfully tracked down and apprehended the thieving taxi driver, identified as forty five 12 months outdated Sirichai, at his residence in Soi Ekkachai 40 within the Bang Bon district of Bangkok.
All of the stolen assets have been retrieved, besides the watch which was pawned at a close-by pawn shop. The pink and white taxi car with a registration plate quantity ทฬ3433 that Sirichai used to commit the crime was parked within the space.
According to the police report, Sirichai was previously arrested for drug-related offences at Bukkalo and Bang Khun Tian Police Stations in 2012 and 2015. He was taken to Thong Lor Police Station for additional prosecution processes.
The Japanese sufferer, Hiroshi, expressed his appreciation to the Thai Police officers that retrieved his belongings. He revealed that he could not sleep and was very careworn after his belongings disappeared. He disclosed that he travelled to Thailand at the beginning of June and is scheduled to journey back to Japan on June 19. He insisted that this issue wouldn’t cease him from coming to Thailand.
Last week, a Bangkok taxi driver tried to scam a Korean passenger by overcharging. The estimated fare of 200 to 250 baht was increased to a dishonest fare of seven hundred baht..