Boonlua Chatree
The police crackdown on snatch-and-run thieves resulted in the arrest of two men who had snatched the gold necklace of a Finnish visitor, and the public parading of them at Pattaya Police Station on November 20.
Pol Col Ittipol Piriyapinyo, commander of the police in Chonburi province, along with Pol Col Suthin Sappuang, superintendent of Pattaya Police Station, presented the two miscreants to the press. They were identified as Suwit Inapai, age 18, of Nakhon Sawan, and Suchat Sonarin, age 23, of Chumporn.
The two had stolen the 18.6 karat necklace of Finnish national Orvo Raatikainen at 8:30 a.m. that same morning. The theft took place at the intersection of the Grand Condotel on Thepprasit Road while the victim was in a baht bus. Police went in pursuit and caught the thieves on Soi Bongkot 2. They were still in possession of the necklace.
Suwit and Suchat confessed to five snatch-and-run robberies, saying that most of the property they were able to steal was sold or pawned. They used the money for entertainment.
Police charged them with theft and using a vehicle in committing a crime.
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