SA KAEO — The suspect who stole necklace from an Italian tourist was about to cross the border from Sa Kaeo Province back to Cambodia, but Thonglor police managed to arrest him just in time.
Thonglor Police Station officers revealed on September 24 that they had received a complaint from an Italian man, Mr. Michele, on September 19 at around 10:10 p.m. He reported that two thieves, a woman and a transgender person, had stolen his gold necklace worth 5,000 euros (182,730 baht) on the sidewalk in front of Exchange Tower at Asoke intersection on Sukhumvit Road.
He stated that one of the thieves wore a black shirt and escaped in a green-yellow taxi heading towards the Ratchada-Khlong Toei intersection.
Police then investigated CCTV footage. Although they couldn’t see the exact moment the Italian man’s necklace was stolen, they saw the events as he described, with the culprits escaping in a green-yellow taxi. Further investigation revealed that the two had walked from Sukhumvit Soi 18 before the incident.
Later, police received a tip that the perpetrator had sold the stolen necklace at a pawn shop called “Shop A” in Soi Petchaburi 5. On September 22, police checked the shop’s CCTV, which confirmed that around 10:37 p.m. on September 19, a transgender person came to sell a necklace with a pendant for 55,900 baht. The footage helped identify the suspect.
On September 23, Thonglor police investigators went to arrest the suspect at a rented room in Baan Meesuk, Soi On Nut 10, Suan Luang district, Bangkok. The suspect wasn’t there, and inquiries revealed he was about to return to Cambodia. The suspect had boarded a van at Ekkamai transport station heading to Sa Kaeo Province.
Police intercepted the suspect’s van on Chanthaburi – Sa Kaeo Road in Khao Chakan district, Sa Kaeo Province. They arrested the suspect, Mr. Ruos, on charges of “jointly committing theft at night by two or more persons.”
The suspect admitted to being the person in the arrest warrant. He was taken to Thonglor Police Station for further investigation and legal proceedings. Police will continue to search for the other suspect.
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