webfact Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Aussie tourist robbed at gunpoint after dumped by Phuket taxi driver By Eakkapop Thongtub The Australian tourist, Terrance John White, 19, of Innisfail, Queensland, reported the incident to Thalang Police yesterday (Nov 24). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: Police are searching for four suspects who robbed a 19-year-old Australian tourist at gunpoint after he was dumped by the side of a dark road in Phuket by a taxi driver. Police are also looking for the taxi driver, confirmed Lt Col Kittipoom Tinthalang of the Thalang Police. The tourist was identified as Terrance John White, of Innisfail, Queensland. Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/aussie-tourist-robbed-at-gunpoint-after-dumped-by-phuket-taxi-driver-69464.php#xiKL6wYakMo1EaFH.99 -- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-11-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 "an argument ensued about the driver not using the meter." Thai hospitality strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Uh-oh, if the thieves took all the guy's money how will he pay the police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Look like they robbed him of his clothing as well, or this is how get around in his home country too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Taxi driver called his mates.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, ezzra said: Look like they robbed him of his clothing as well, or this is how get around in his home country too... this sort of dress is usually reserved for formal occassions in Innisfail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: Taxi driver called his mates.... yep. That's why he didn't want to turn the meter on too. Just in case they got nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Robbed the shirt off his back..............That's the quip done, now I do hope they find they scumbags, no-one deserves to be treated like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang62 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 vacation attire in the LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ha, TV is incredible, here you have an Auzzie robbed at gunpoint by a scumbag taxi driver & his mates, & all the TV wags can do is moan about him not having a shirt on... Words fail me ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrix Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, ezzra said: Look like they robbed him of his clothing as well, or this is how get around in his home country too... Far North Queensland...weather same same Thailand...answer most likely YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 HE was carrying 10,000THB?????? Nothing personal but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 2 hours ago, bendejo said: Uh-oh, if the thieves took all the guy's money how will he pay the police? ...or buy some clothes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobz Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said: Taxi driver called his mates.... There is no mafia on Phuket 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobz Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, elgenon said: HE was carrying 10,000THB?????? Nothing personal but.... 10000 is nothing in Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyen Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 2 hours ago, ezzra said: Look like they robbed him of his clothing as well, or this is how get around in his home country too... This photo was at the police station a long time after the robbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 2 hours ago, ezzra said: Look like they robbed him of his clothing as well, or this is how get around in his home country too... In Innisfail, where he comes from, he's likely well dressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohello123 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 40 minutes ago, zyphodb said: Ha, TV is incredible, here you have an Auzzie robbed at gunpoint by a scumbag taxi driver & his mates, & all the TV wags can do is moan about him not having a shirt on... Words fail me ???? at least they left him his hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohello123 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 17 minutes ago, hobz said: 10000 is nothing in Phuket. he probably thought cigareette prices in phuket were the same as australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seancbk Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, elgenon said: HE was carrying 10,000THB?????? Nothing personal but.... Don't you carry cash with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaurene Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 God. You guys have nothing worthwhile to say. Your best efforts at your ages is to chrisisricis a teenager from a place in the far north of Aussie with weather similar to where he is. Robably his first trip here. They walk around like this at his home. There is NO LAW against NOT wearing a top, it only Thai comments, and there is no LAW against OLD falang sitting around their rooms coming out with useless comments to ThaiVisa. Hope some of you owl women get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, shaurene said: chrisisricis What does this mean please. I do not like to see a word I do not know so I googled it. Nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quandow Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 minute ago, DoctorG said: What does this mean please. I do not like to see a word I do not know so I googled it. Nothing! It's a synonym for covfeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohello123 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 minute ago, DoctorG said: What does this mean please. I do not like to see a word I do not know so I googled it. Nothing! christmas gymanstics? christian gymnastics? crisis gymnastics? crisis sriracha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Not to stereotype... but the tuk-tuk & taxi drivers in Phuket are the most angry & crooked individuals around Thailand. Totally a different breed than the ones you find elsewhere in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, zyphodb said: Ha, TV is incredible, here you have an Auzzie robbed at gunpoint by a scumbag taxi driver & his mates, & all the TV wags can do is moan about him not having a shirt on... Words fail me ???? relax, they are only mocking him because his physique is no match to their own "schwartzeneger in his prime" builds and abdominal girth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSICMAN16 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 3 hours ago, bendejo said: Uh-oh, if the thieves took all the guy's money how will he pay the police? 3 hours ago, bendejo said: Uh-oh, if the thieves took all the guy's money how will he pay the police? taxi drivers are scum rob you themselves or set you up charge you 3000 baht for a 5 minute drive down 3 streets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Green plated taxi's are limousines, they "do not" have meters. A few holes in this story and I suspect a gofundme page, an insurance claim to fund the trip, a police report to cover an overstay or a young clueless idiot who has somehow lost his phone and money etc and making up a story to cover it. No shirt at the police station says it all If you are going to make up a story maybe check if tourists getting robbed at gunpoint is actually a thing that has ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 38 minutes ago, jaiyen said: This photo was at the police station a long time after the robbery. One would have thought that a shirt of some sort would be 'best' if one was going to the police station to at least look presentable? It will be interesting to see the facts here when any investigations are completed...…... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan1981 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 News-Flash! Australian Tourist fined 1000 THB for walking around Phuket without top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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