Bangkok Police arrested another unhealthy boy taxi driver who stole over 1.2 million baht from a Japanese passenger whereas the victim fell asleep through the journey. This is probably one of the far-too-many-to-mention tales regarding Bangkok taxi drivers who continue to undermine the nice title of Thailand with their scams, schemes, and stealing.
The theft occurred within the early morning of Thursday, June 8. The 40 yr old Japanese businessman, Nammo Hiroshi, reported to Thong Lor Police Station officers that he fell victim to a taxi driver thief. He explained that he took a pink taxi automobile from the Asoke neighbourhood of Bangkok to the Sukhumvit space.
However, Up-sell pulled over and insisted Hiroshi swap to a different taxi car. Hiroshi complied and transferred to another taxi. He then fell asleep until arriving at his destination and later found that his belongings had disappeared, including a Rolex watch value 1 million baht, an iPhone 14 Pro max worth forty,000 baht, MacBook price 60,000 baht, and a bank card.
Hiroshi later acquired messages from a financial institution that his credit card was used yesterday, June 12, within the Bang Khun Tian neighbourhood of Bangkok. So, he asked his Thai good friend, forty three 12 months old Jamnian Thepthip, to accompany him to the police station.
After the investigation of the credit card utilization, officers from Bang Khun Tian Police Station efficiently tracked down and apprehended the thieving taxi driver, identified as 45 yr old Sirichai, at his residence in Soi Ekkachai forty within the Bang Bon district of Bangkok.
All of the stolen assets have been retrieved, besides the watch which was pawned at a close-by pawn shop. The pink and white taxi automobile with a registration plate number ทฬ3433 that Sirichai used to commit the crime was parked in the space.
According to the police report, Sirichai was previously arrested for drug-related offences at Bukkalo and Bang Khun Tian Police Stations in 2012 and 2015. He was taken to Thong Lor Police Station for further prosecution processes.
The Japanese sufferer, Hiroshi, expressed his appreciation to the Thai Police officers that retrieved his belongings. He revealed that he could not sleep and was very stressed after his belongings disappeared. He disclosed that he travelled to Thailand initially of June and is scheduled to journey back to Japan on June 19. He insisted that this problem wouldn’t cease him from coming to Thailand.
Last week, a Bangkok taxi driver attempted to scam a Korean passenger by overcharging. The estimated fare of 200 to 250 baht was elevated to a dishonest fare of seven-hundred baht..