A baggage handler at Suvarnabhumi airport has been arrested over the theft of valuables worth 100,000 baht from a passenger’s checked luggage.
Subin Chingram, 28, was arrested near an apartment in Soi Lat Krabang 6 in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district on Wednesday at 5pm, eight hours after the bag’s owner reported the theft to the Suvarnabhumi airport police station.
The Nakhon Ratchasima native was brought to a briefing at the station on Thursday.
Police said the passenger whose name was withheld left Thailand on Thai Airways International flight TG 431 on Feb 18 and filed a complaint on Wednesday that a gold necklace, gold ring and cash were missing from the bag.
Pol Col Monthian Baothong, chief of Suvarnabhumi airport police station, said investigators checked security camera footage and found a loader, identified later as Mr Subin, handling the victim’s bag and they suspected him of the theft.
Police were able to locate him that evening near his apartment. Mr Subin allegedly confessed that he had stolen the missing items from the THAI passenger’s bag. Officials searched his room and found the stolen assets. Mr Subin allegedly told police he had stolen valuables from passengers’ bags several times before being caught.
Pol Col Monthian said other stolen assets found in the room included three mobile phones, a tablet, a digital camera and two watches.
The suspect was charged with stealing on the airport grounds which carries a jail term of 1-5 years and a fine of 2,000-10,000 baht.
