Cabbie charged with robbing sleeping passenger
published : 13 Jun 2023 at 14:30
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
A taxi driver has been arrested for the theft of valuables worth 1.2 million baht, including a Rolex, from a Japanese businessman who went to sleep in his cab after a night out in Bangkok.
The 45-year-old cabbie was taken into custody from his room on Monday.
Police found some of the items reported stolen - an iPhone worth 40,000 baht and a MacBook computer worth 60,000 baht.
Police said a 40-year-old Japanese businessman reported the theft about 2.30am last Thursday at Thong Lor station. He said his property was stolen after he fell asleep in a taxi on his way back to his room on Sukhumvit Road after a night out in the Asok area.
His missing valuables included a Rolex watch worth about 1 million baht, a credit card, iPhone and MacBook.
His Thai girlfriend told police that about noon on Monday the Japanese man received text messages from a bank informing him his credit card was used twice in Bang Khunthian district on Monday morning.
Police tracked down the cabbie and his taxi, which was parked near his room.
The Japanese victim said he arrived in Thailand early this month on holiday and planned to return to Japan on June 19. The theft of his property had caused him a lot of stress.
The suspect admitted to the theft and told police that he pawned the Rolex for 25,000 baht.
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Vocabulary
- cabbie: a person whose job is to drive a taxi - คนขับรถแท็กซี่
- custody: the state of being in prison or under police control, especially while waiting for trial - การกักขัง, การคุมขัง
- inform: to tell somebody about something, especially in an official way - แจ้งให้ทราบ
- pawn (verb): to leave an object with a pawn shop in exchange for money. The object is returned to the owner if he or she pays back the money within an agreed period of time. If not, it can be sold. - จำนำ
- property: things, especially valuable things, that are owned by someone - ทรัพย์สมบัติ, ทรัพย์สิน
- stolen (verb): (past participle of steal) illegally taken from someone/somewhere - กริยาช่องที่ 3 ของ steal ถูกขโมย, โจรกรรม
- stress: mental pressure or worry - ความตึงเครียด
- theft (noun): (the act of) dishonestly taking something which belongs to someone else and keeping it - การลักขโมย
- track down (verb): to try to follow and find someone or something - ตามรอย
