PHUKET: Police have busted a case of room theft at a Phuket resort by asking the security guard. He turned out to be the thief.
Three Russians went for a swim in the pool at the Phuket Island View Hotel in Karon, on Phuket's holiday west coast, and discovered when they returned that the room had been raided.
Hotel staff and the three Russians did not have far to go to report the disappearance of cash and valuables - the Karon Police Station is right next to the hotel, on Phuket's beach road.
''We started our investigation as we always do, with the security guard,'' an officer told Phuketwan.
''The security guard in this case seemed uncomfortable about telling us what he had seen and what security cameras might show.
''So we asked to look in his bag - and found the loot.''
Three passports, $2600 in cash, three mobile telephones and a driving license were what security guard Wanchalee Teaptad, 26, had stolen.
The goods were returned to Artem Morachev and Igor Materskiy, both 25, and Anton Kornishin, who celebrated his 26th birthday on Tuesday.
As the arrest followed the snaring of a high-society resort room thief who drove a mercedes and admitted to about a dozen robberies at Phuket resorts, it was a good week for law enforcement on Phuket.
Officers did not name the security firm hired by the hotel to protect its guests and their rooms.
Three Russians went for a swim in the pool at the Phuket Island View Hotel in Karon, on Phuket's holiday west coast, and discovered when they returned that the room had been raided.
Hotel staff and the three Russians did not have far to go to report the disappearance of cash and valuables - the Karon Police Station is right next to the hotel, on Phuket's beach road.
''We started our investigation as we always do, with the security guard,'' an officer told Phuketwan.
''The security guard in this case seemed uncomfortable about telling us what he had seen and what security cameras might show.
''So we asked to look in his bag - and found the loot.''
Three passports, $2600 in cash, three mobile telephones and a driving license were what security guard Wanchalee Teaptad, 26, had stolen.
The goods were returned to Artem Morachev and Igor Materskiy, both 25, and Anton Kornishin, who celebrated his 26th birthday on Tuesday.
As the arrest followed the snaring of a high-society resort room thief who drove a mercedes and admitted to about a dozen robberies at Phuket resorts, it was a good week for law enforcement on Phuket.
Officers did not name the security firm hired by the hotel to protect its guests and their rooms.
55555 !!! How clever this thief disguised as a security guard ! I wonder what references this fellow gave to the security firm to get the job (or would be better to say 'what references the security firm asked...')
Posted by cekipa on May 2, 2013 11:35