Suspects for theft of tourists on tour bus 30 arrested.

According to the government's policy, the National Police Agency by Police
Lieutenant Kolonel Chetta Kommol
wathana, Tourist Police Commander, Police Major General Khacha Tartsart, Tourist Police Deputy Commander, Police Major General Angkhun Klaikueng, Tourist Police Deputy Commmanderu,
Police Major General Worapong Thongphaiboon, Tourist Police ,Police Colonel  Saruti Kwangsopha,Police Colonel Amnat Chomchai, Deputy Commander 1 and Police Colonel Kuakamol Duangprateep, Superintendent of Tourist Police Bureau Commander 1, are assigned to reinforce the Proactive Policing on transnational crime organizations to prevent crimes and to protect life and property of both Thais and tourists.

On September 18, 2019, Division 1, Tourist PoliceDivision 1 was informed by German tourist that his 2 cards were missing while taking a tour bus from Koh Phangan to Bangkok and transferred to a tour bus to Siem Reap. He, then found out that those 2 stolen credit cards were charged 6 times in the amount of 100,000 baht. After the investigation was conducted along with the evidence, leading to the arrest of Mr. Thawasharat,AKA Pithawa; Prasit; Anuchit Faiphet or Akarathitiwirakul, aged 57. He was arrested under the warrant of the Minburi Ciriminal Court, for the wrongful use of the electronic card of another person in a manner likely to cause damage to others, paying for goods or other services elsewhere instead of paying by cash or withdrawing cash, at a mansion in
Bang Or district, Bangkok

The incident process started when the tourists were away from their belongings of fell asleep, their luggage were opened in the special compartment under the bus,which had been drilled by the 7.30 pm bus staff. Tourists’ asset, credit cards and
cash were stolen. After that the credit cards were transferred to Mr. Thawatchai.

He charged those cards on expensive products at various department stores and sold those goods into cash and split. Mr. Thawatchai had prior convictions for thesame defense relating to electronic cards, burglary and robbery; 2 convictions in Nakhon Ratchasima Central Prison and Phuket Central Prison. He was still under
the arrest warrant for a criminal offense for burglary in public vehicles at night, dangerous, obstructions, other people's documents, using other people's electronic cards for the purpose of payment for goods in lieu of cash, which is on bail and fleeing the court as well.With the Penalty rate for burglary in public vehicles at night by dangerous obstacle, shall be punished with imprisonment from one 1 to 7 years and fined from 20,000 to 140,000 baht. and the penalty rate for using other persons an ATM card for the purpose of paying for goods, other waking fees, instead of paying with cash or using cash withdrawals, is liable to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or pay a fine not exceeding 200,000 baht, or both .Tourist police were still expand the investigation to capture co-perpetrators to be..

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