webfact Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Three Filipino pickpockets targeting foreign tourists on the BTS arrested Picture: Thai Immigration Bureau The Thai immigration website has announced the arrest on warrants of three Filipino nationals for stealing from a Japanese tourist on the BTS in upper Sukhumvit earlier this month. The victim had 100,000 baht in cash and valuables stolen. Credit cards from the theft were used to buy goods at a department store. Those arrested on warrants from the Bangkok court were named as two men - Fernando Gamboa and Michael Jumadiao - and a woman Ainie Rabe. The arrests were a joint operation of immigration tourist police and Thong Lor cops. The thieves would spot potential foreign victims using the BTS and then crowd round them on trains. The latest incident occurred on November 2nd and was reported by the tourist to Thong Lor police. The IB site on Facebook said that foreigners are being targeted by gangs from the Philippines, Cambodia, Mongolia and Vietnam. Foreigners represent easier targets and are less able to report crime quickly, said the IB site. The Filipinos in this case had come and gone to Thailand many times. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-11-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 More quality tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grusa Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Re the OP photo:- How much effort, relative to actually catching, interrogating, prosecuting and convicting the alleged criminals, goes into the production of that infographic that nobody bothers to try to read? I even wonder if they produce it first, then pick suspects to fit! Detective work, 3 man hours. Publicity, 3 man weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, Grusa said: Re the OP photo:- How much effort, relative to actually catching, interrogating, prosecuting and convicting the alleged criminals, goes into the production of that infographic that nobody bothers to try to read? I even wonder if they produce it first, then pick suspects to fit! Detective work, 3 man hours. Publicity, 3 man weeks. But where are the obligatory 10 officers that always gather behind the crooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Tourists are great targets for two main reasons. 1/ They have money and are usually carrying it. 2/ They go home. So even IF it is reported and IF the criminals are caught, there is nobody to testify against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanjita Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 25 minutes ago, Ulic said: Tourists are great targets for two main reasons. 1/ They have money and are usually carrying it. 2/ They go home. So even IF it is reported and IF the criminals are caught, there is nobody to testify against them. They'll testify against me for the beating they'd receive if I caught them. And I'm highly aware and bumps, distraction and crowding isn't going to work with me. The retribution would be immediate and their blood splashed all up the walls of the BTS car. Stand back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 18 minutes ago, fanjita said: They'll testify against me for the beating they'd receive if I caught them. And I'm highly aware and bumps, distraction and crowding isn't going to work with me. The retribution would be immediate and their blood splashed all up the walls of the BTS car. Stand back. You seem so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Flame post and response removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanjita Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said: Family at home hard at work organizing another drunken Farang gofundme campaign. I have extensive travel insurance policy coverage that covers both my wife and I. No need for GoFundMe campaigns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penicillin Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 2 hours ago, fanjita said: They'll testify against me for the beating they'd receive if I caught them. And I'm highly aware and bumps, distraction and crowding isn't going to work with me. The retribution would be immediate and their blood splashed all up the walls of the BTS car. Stand back. My God , I hope I don’t accidentally bump you while the train is bouncing and lurching. I sure wouldn’t want that thrashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingjock Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 It appears Thailand is the criminals playground from good quality tourists (Pun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Looks like three more teaching job openings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 An off topic post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 16 hours ago, Ulic said: Tourists are great targets for two main reasons. 1/ They have money and are usually carrying it. 2/ They go home. So even IF it is reported and IF the criminals are caught, there is nobody to testify against them. That doesn't seem to be the case here, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Jingjock said: It appears Thailand is the criminals playground from good quality tourists (Pun) you first find that out now? Welcome to los Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 15 hours ago, PerkinsCuthbert said: You seem so hard. "Seem" being the operative word; it's so easy to be Thailand's hardest man from behind a keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 13 hours ago, Penicillin said: My God , I hope I don’t accidentally bump you while the train is bouncing and lurching. I sure wouldn’t want that thrashing. Don't worry, he'd probably need his keyboard to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 On 11/23/2018 at 11:19 AM, webfact said: The IB site on Facebook said that foreigners are being targeted by gangs from the Philippines, Cambodia, Mongolia and Vietnam. Yes , because a Thai would never do this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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