Pattaya Tourist Police on Walking Street in South Pattaya received a report from a Japanese tourist Mr. Hidenabi Hobibe aged 25 that his bag had been stolen while his attention was somehow distracted inside Baccara A-go-go. The bag contained about 3,000 Baht in cash and his iPhone.
The tech savvy tourist cops were able to ascertain that the phone was still switched and were able to get a fix using GPS to a nearby apartment block.
They moved in and located the phone in the room of an Algerian gentleman. Mr. Larbi Kbelifa aged 44 seemed to have an urge to collect handbags and the room was awash with fake designer bags, wallets, purses, make up kits and the various other stuff that women hoard in their handbags.
They discounted his pleas that he was a budding transvestite due to his five o'clock shadow and hauled him offto the police station where he has been charged with multiple charges of theft.
