Two Japanese tourists are the latest victims of a scumbag team of Baht bus thieves who stalk foreigners looking for every opportunity to pickpocket and rob what they see as easy prey.
The two Japanese Tourists, Mr. Masimoto aged 51 and Mr. Sito were on a Baht Bus on their way from the Dolphin Roundabout in North Pattaya towards Central Pattaya. A bag containing 4,600 Baht was stolen from Mr. Masimoto and another bag thought to contain over 20,000 Baht was taken from Mr. Sito.
Police soon had two members of the gang in custody Khun Arkom aged 24 and Khun Usar aged 33 who were paraded in front of members of the media at Pattaya Police Station.
4,500 Baht was recovered from one of the thieving pieces of human excrement whilst the larger sum of money had already been passed on to other gang members who had so far eluded capture. The police know who they are and warrants have been issued for their arrest. The thieves said that they had been robbing tourists for a long period of time as they thought the tourists were easy marks.
A word of warning to members of the public. Show extreme caution if you catch any of these thieves dipping into your pockets. I caught an ugly old bag one day. turns out she had a rather large knife which she pulled out of her bag three other members of her crew on board the Baht bus and several motorcycles following as back up.
