Samui, Surat Thani –
A thief from Phuket was arrested after he stole from foreign tourists valuables worth a total value of 127,000 baht at a hotel on Samui Island.
The Bo Phut Police told the Phuket Express earlier this week that they arrested Mr. Prayat Lisem, 44, from Phuket. Seized from him was a stolen Louise Vuitton bag, Pinko bag, Versace bag, diamond earrings, 25,000 Baht in cash, and four credit cards. He is facing charges of night theft.
The arrest came after a Polish tourist couple, aged 32 and 30, filed a report to Thai police. They told the police that they were sleeping in a room at a hotel near the Baan Lamai Beach in Maret sub-district, Samui district when an unidentified thief stole many items from them.
Police checked CCTV footage and they found a suspicious sedan in the Bo Phut sub-district, Samui district. They finally arrested the suspect and found all the stolen items in his sedan.
The suspect told police that he had driven the sedan from Phuket. He tried to check in at the hotel in question but most of the rooms had been booked. He then entered into the hotel and found that one of the rooms was not locked but tourists were sleeping inside.
Prayat told police that he wanted to find a job on Samui Island but he was unable to find a place to stay and had run out of money so felt he had no other options than to steal from tourists.
