AN AUSTRALIAN has had his stolen laptop and identity cards returned after Phuket police caught two under-aged thieves yesterday.
Plain-clothes police detected a pink Fino motorcycle riding around Garden Hill Villas in Chalong and realised the two young men on board were not local residents.
The two boys - A aged 15 and B aged 14 - became suspects and yesterday about noon A was arrested at HomePro in Chalong, where police say he had a job as a security guard.
As under-age suspects, neither boy can be identified - but B was only too happy to show his skills as a rap dancer in the cell at Chalong Police Station, as the photo album shows.
A told police that he and B robbed the house of Australian Adam L. Tepper, 29, on September 15, stealing the laptop, identity cards and credit cards and 18,400 baht in cash.
B kept the laptop, which police found at his rented room, and 400 baht, while A kept 18,000 baht.
Police said the pair admitted to a burglary at the home of another expat in Kata back on June 13 when they took a mobile telephone and 13,000 baht in cash.
The boys took police to the spot in a Rawai soi where they dumped Mr Tepper's cards in the bush, about 300 metres from Chalong police station.
Both boys, from Phuket, confessed and will be held at the Phuket juvenile detention centre pending a court appearance.
Phuket Expat Criminal Charges: The Police ListPlain-clothes police detected a pink Fino motorcycle riding around Garden Hill Villas in Chalong and realised the two young men on board were not local residents.
The two boys - A aged 15 and B aged 14 - became suspects and yesterday about noon A was arrested at HomePro in Chalong, where police say he had a job as a security guard.
As under-age suspects, neither boy can be identified - but B was only too happy to show his skills as a rap dancer in the cell at Chalong Police Station, as the photo album shows.
A told police that he and B robbed the house of Australian Adam L. Tepper, 29, on September 15, stealing the laptop, identity cards and credit cards and 18,400 baht in cash.
B kept the laptop, which police found at his rented room, and 400 baht, while A kept 18,000 baht.
Police said the pair admitted to a burglary at the home of another expat in Kata back on June 13 when they took a mobile telephone and 13,000 baht in cash.
The boys took police to the spot in a Rawai soi where they dumped Mr Tepper's cards in the bush, about 300 metres from Chalong police station.
Both boys, from Phuket, confessed and will be held at the Phuket juvenile detention centre pending a court appearance.
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Posted by Mr Man on November 18, 2010 19:04