PHUKET: Police in a new bicycle patrol have arrested three Cambodians who confessed to snatching a gold necklet from a British tourist on the first day of his Phuket holiday.
Two of the Cambodians pretended to befriend the tourist, Karl Harding, about 9pm on Thursday as he walked along beach road in Karon. They snatched the necklet then passed it to a third person on a motorcycle, who sped off, say police.
Today officers on foreshore patrol spotted suspects who looked like the trio who had pulled the heist, moved in and arrested them in the same vicinity.
With Mr Harding's necklet in a bag, Cambodians Lon, 23 Lontien, 30 and Am, 23, a ladyboy, quickly confessed.
The Cambodians said they usually worked at a Cambodia-Thaland border crossing but employment there had become more difficult to obtain, so they moved to Phuket.
Mr Harding and his wife Angela, regular visitors to Phuket, collected the necklet at Karon Police Station.
They are staying at a Karon resort and hope to enjoy the rest of their holiday until November 24.
Two of the Cambodians pretended to befriend the tourist, Karl Harding, about 9pm on Thursday as he walked along beach road in Karon. They snatched the necklet then passed it to a third person on a motorcycle, who sped off, say police.
Today officers on foreshore patrol spotted suspects who looked like the trio who had pulled the heist, moved in and arrested them in the same vicinity.
With Mr Harding's necklet in a bag, Cambodians Lon, 23 Lontien, 30 and Am, 23, a ladyboy, quickly confessed.
The Cambodians said they usually worked at a Cambodia-Thaland border crossing but employment there had become more difficult to obtain, so they moved to Phuket.
Mr Harding and his wife Angela, regular visitors to Phuket, collected the necklet at Karon Police Station.
They are staying at a Karon resort and hope to enjoy the rest of their holiday until November 24.
Good. But I do not understand why people are so stupied they where jewelry? They have to blame themself.
Posted by sunlover on November 15, 2014 19:45