webfact Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Fed up at New Year! Thai tourists suffer burglary from Prachuap resort Source: Daily News A group of Thai tourists in Prachuap Khiri Khan returned from a night out to find two resort hotel rooms had been broken into and more than 100,000 baht of valuables stolen. Muang district police and forensic staff went to a large resort on the seafront and found doors forced in rooms B8 and B7. In one three phones and 55,000 baht in a bag were missing along with a two baht weight gold bracelet. In another a civil servant lost 10,000 baht and a teacher was robbed of 60,000. Along with credit cards and ATM cards six bank books and four house registration documents were also missing. The party of Thai tourists had gone out on Saturday night and returned at 5am to find their rooms had been broken into. Daily News reported lax security at the Koh Lak Resort on the Suan Son - Ao Noi Road. There was only CCTV at the restaurant and some of the rooms did not lock properly. Daily News said the tourists were fed up at New Year. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-12-30 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, webfact said: There was only CCTV at the restaurant and some of the rooms did not lock properly. Why would you stay there unless it is extremely cheap and if that is the case then you got what you paid for , total insecure accommodation . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power of life yoga Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 55 minutes ago, keith101 said: Why would you stay there unless it is extremely cheap and if that is the case then you got what you paid for , total insecure accommodation . Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: In one three phones and 55,000 baht in a bag were missing along with a two baht weight gold bracelet. Yeah sounds really true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 It all depends on the quality of care by the cheap place. I stay at a cheap place in CM (800 baht/night) and feel very secure, never a problem in a hundred nights. But if out at night, my valuables are secure on my person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 That was rife some years ago robbing resorts where mainly farang stayed, in Rawai loads of small resorts they would just go around trying the sliding doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 9 minutes ago, Chazar said: Yeah sounds really true Does sound a lot to be leaving around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Baht Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Sounds fishy: "six bank books and four house registration documents"? Who brings that on vacation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 31 minutes ago, Roy Baht said: Sounds fishy: "six bank books and four house registration documents"? Who brings that on vacation? Maybe they thought it was safer than leaving it with the family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anterian Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 In my wandering days, most cheap hotels that I used had hasps fitted to doors to which you could attach your own padlock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 There was only CCTV at the restaurant and some of the rooms did not lock properly. Obviously no maintenance and no one cares about the resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinBKK Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 First of all if you travel with that much money and don't secure it when you leave the room I have no sympathy for you! Secondly why should we even believe that you had that much money with you, can you prove it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: a teacher was robbed of 60,000. I for one completely believe that a teacher had 60,000 baht in cash, then left it in the room of some shabby 400 baht a night 'resort'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 1 hour ago, legend49 said: There was only CCTV at the restaurant and some of the rooms did not lock properly. Obviously no maintenance and no one cares about the resort. I guess the thinking is that they paid in advance for the room so they had the tourists money and the CCTV in the restaurant as they had not paid yet. Why worry about CCTV when you already have their money ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairieboy Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 22 hours ago, webfact said: In one three phones and 55,000 baht in a bag were missing along with a two baht weight gold bracelet. In another a civil servant lost 10,000 baht and a teacher was robbed of 60,000. Along with credit cards and ATM cards six bank books and four house registration documents were also missing. And why would they be carrying all that superfluous <deleted> with them on holidays - bank books, house registration documents and what Thai in their right mind would leave their telephones behind - how could they take selfies and photos of their meals? If going out for a night of revelry would you leave your money in the room? Sounds like an insurance scam to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 21 hours ago, neeray said: It all depends on the quality of care by the cheap place. I stay at a cheap place in CM (800 baht/night) and feel very secure, never a problem in a hundred nights. But if out at night, my valuables are secure on my person. Is 800 baht now considered cheap...that's 20 quid, I remember paying 200 in Samui about 3 quid . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Prairieboy said: what Thai in their right mind would leave their telephones behind - how could they take selfies and photos of their meals? You're right, it's unheard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 9:32 AM, keith101 said: Why would you stay there unless it is extremely cheap and if that is the case then you got what you paid for , total insecure accommodation . When I go in Poen Charoen since I do no want to sleep in the house of my wife's parents we go in the only hotel of the place situated on a main road . There are large signs, it is very well marked and lit ...but the word "hotel" is nowhere written in English, and it is almost full everydays. The room are about 40 square meter, there is someone present at the hotel reception all the night. It is absolutely clean, they change the towels every day...400Bahts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WonnabeBiker Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Pardon my ignorance, but how can the burglar use those bank books? Getting a matching ID card won't be easy, will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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