PHUKET — A lifeguard, sanitation worker, and locals worked together to capture a Thai transgender woman who snatched a bracelet from a foreign female tourist exercising along Patong Beach Road on Wednesday morning.
While waiting for Patong Police to arrive, the lifeguard returned the stolen bracelet to the victim, who thanked everyone for their help and showed injuries to her elbow from being knocked down during the incident.
The incident occurred on July 30 in Patong subdistrict, Kathu district, Phuket province, and was captured on video and shared by Newshawk Phuket. When the victim asked why the perpetrator targeted her, the suspect appeared evasive and claimed she goes jogging every morning herself.
The video drew numerous comments, including from people identifying the suspect as the same person who previously snatched a mobile phone from a foreign male jogger.
Police later took custody of the suspect, identified as Mr. Naphasinee from Nakhon Si Thammarat province, at Patong Police Station on theft charges. They also presented a reward to the lifeguard who apprehended the suspect and praised the community cooperation in assisting law enforcement.
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