Four condom clad criminals carried out a highway robbery in Naklua. Police Colonel Thamanoon from Banglamung Police Station and rushed to the scene with a team of his finest crime busters.
At the scene of the incident at the beginning of Soi 14 Na Kluea, North Pattaya they met the victim a Taiwanese tourist Miss Lu Wen Shou, aged 24. Miss Shou told the police that she had just left a convenience store and was waiting to cross the road to go back to her room at The Lantana hotel when she was suddenly confronted with 4 male Thai youths who were wearing raincoats and perched on 2 motorbikes. One of them snatched her handbag and fled the scene riding at high speed up Soi 17 Na Kluea. Some bystanders tried to chase them . At this stage one of the robbers drew a gun and fired a warning shot into the air.
The handbag contained an iPhone 5s to 2,000 Taiwan dollars, 3,000 Baht, passport and other personal documents. The police collected statements from witnesses and are now looking at CCTV cameras in the area to provide some clues as to the identities of these condom criminals.
Pol.Col. Tharmmanoon stated that police patrol teams would increase their patrols during the night due to the high number of these crimes taking place and folks should not worry too much.
So yet another terrified tourist who will be returning to her home to her home in Taiwan to tell the tale of what a super place Pattaya is.
