Pattaya pickpockets snatch B4,000 from tourists

Two Indian tourists, Rajnish Gupta and Sandeep Dhawan, asked for help from passers-by on Pattaya Soi 2 Road yesterday, claiming two Thai men snatched 4,000 baht from them.

According to the victims, the pair approached them while they were sightseeing in Pattaya and offered them into having sex. When they were distracted, one of the snatchers took the opportunity and fished out 4,000 baht from Mr. Gupta's pocket, and ran towards the waiting motorcycle.

The snatchers were identified as Mongkolchai Tharana, 33, from Chachoengsao, and Thanawut Nahor, 36, a Khon Kaen native. They were both apprehended in Phetchatragoon Soi on Pattaya Nua Road.

Source: Bangkok Post