Thread: Busy motorbike thieves nabbed in Chon Buri

Police in Chon Buri’s Banglamung district have arrested 2 prolific motorbike thieves. Officers of Police Region 2 announced that 2 suspects, identified as 31 year old Eakkachai ‘Ton’ Jantamoon and 34 year old Manas ‘Dam’ Saeueang, were arrested at a room in Soi Sukhumwit 31.


Officers seized 8 vehicles in total. The pair have been charged with multiple counts of theft by night.


Authorities say many motorbikes have been stolen in the Nongprue and other nearby areas during the last month. Several victims of the thieves thanked police for recovering their vehicles.


The suspects reportedly confessed that they stole motorbikes and sold them on a LINE group. The motorbikes would then be sent to Wangnoi in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya before being transferred to buyers in neighbouring countries.


Police also report that the suspects were previously arrested for drug charges.

Busy motorbike thieves nabbed in Chon Buri | The Thaiger

Originally Posted by misskit

The pair have been charged with multiple counts of theft by night.

I'm not trying to be difficult . . . is there a 'theft by day' and what are the different punishments/sentences?

Originally Posted by panama hat

what are the different punishments/sentences?

...the sentences in the article are punishment enough...

^^ Yes.

Originally Posted by panama hat

I'm not trying to be difficult . . . is there a 'theft by day' and what are the different punishments/sentences?

Not being difficult and it wasn't hard to find the answer.

OFFENCE OF THEFT AND SNATCHING

Section 334 Whoever, dishonestly taking away the thing of other person or which the other person to beco-owner to be said to commit the theft, shall be imprisoned not out of three years and fined not out of six thousand Baht.


Section 335 Whoever commits theft under any of the following circumstances:

1. By night;
2. In the place or precinct where there is fire, explosion, flood, or in the place orprecinct where there is an accident, distress to railway or other public conveyanceor other similar calamity, or by taking advantage of such accident, distress orcalamity, or by taking advantage of any public panic;
3. By damaging a barricade made for the protection of persons or things, or bypenetrating through such barrica de by any means whatever;
4. By using a passage not intended for human entrance, or a passage opened by anaccomplice;
5. By disguising himself, or by impersonating another person, or by blackening hisface or doing otherwise so that he may not be seen or recognized;
6. By falsely pretending that he is an official;
7. By carrying arms, or by having two persons upwards participating;
8. In a dwelling place, official place or place provided for public service which he hasentered without permission, or has hidden himself therein;
9. In a place of public worship, a railway station, an airport, a public parking ormooring place for cars or boats, a public place for loading and discharging goodsor in a public conveyance www.thailandlawonline.com;
10. Upon a thing used or possessed for public benefit;
11. Upon a thing belonging to or in possession of the employer;
12. Upon a thing belonging to an agriculturist, which is a product, plant, animal orimplement possessed for the purpose of carrying on agricultural pursuit oracquired from such agricultural pursuit,

Shall be punished with imprisonment of one to five years and fined of two thousand to ten thousand Baht.

^ Thanks, I guess night time equals darkness etc...

They'll need to nick a few bikes to pay the fine, when they get out.