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Passenger left B10m gold in taxi

An Ubon Ratchathani gold shop owner has reported he left a bag containing gold worth more than 10 million baht in a taxi in Bangkok on Wednesday evening, police said on Thursday.

Akekarat Kanokwannakorn, 60, told police that he left 500 baht weight of gold in the taxi.

Mr Akekarat said he was travelling from SAB intersection to Si Mum Muang market in Rangsit. He could not remember the taxi's licence plate number.

Mr Akekarat said he brought the gold with him to Bangkok because he wanted to change its markings, and that he planned to visit his relatives in Pathum Thani.

Police said a security camera had caght pictures of the taxi he was in, but the licence plate number could not be seen. This would make the search for the gold more difficult.


Akekarat Kanokwannakorn (L) asks police for help after he left behind 500 baht-weight of gold in a taxi.


A security camera captures the taxi a gold shop owner was sitting in on March 14, 2012.