Brits robbed in PHUKET by bandits
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Kata Noi Road in Phuket where tourists had bags stolen from baskets on
their rented motorcycles.
PHUKET: Two tourists robbed in Kata were left penniless when a thief
snatched a bag containing all their remaining holiday cash from the
basket on their rented motorbike last week.
The thief, riding another motorbike, snatched the bag on Kata Noi Road
early Monday evening.
The bag belonging to British holidaymaker 21-year-old Emma Kim Parker,
a passenger on the bike driven by a male traveling companion,
contained the equivalent of about 230,000 baht in US dollars and euro.
An expensive Nikon camera was also in the bag.
Police believe the lone basket bandit took advantage of the fact that
the tourists would not be able to give chase with two of them weighing
down their bike.
The pair had planned to stay in Thailand for several weeks, but with
no spending money left after arriving less than a week before the
theft, they told the Gazette they were so traumatized that they wanted
to go home as soon as possible.
“This is our first time in Thailand and we don’t know what to do now.
We’ve never had this kind of experience and didn’t expect our stuff
could be stolen off a [moving] motorbike,” they said.
While waiting for money to be sent from abroad so they could buy
flights home, the young travelers had to rely on charity from the
owner of the Pineapple Guesthouse where they were staying.
“There is a safe deposit box in their room, but they didn’t keep their
money in there. I don’t know why,” said the owner.
According to the police, the bandit had already targeted a young
Swedish couple who were riding a motorcycle in the same area an hour
earlier that evening, making off with a camera and 3,000 baht in cash.
Kitima Pornmongkhonwat
Phuket Gazette
Peter Webb
The bag belonging to British holidaymaker 21-year-old Emma Kim Parker,
a passenger on the bike driven by a male traveling companion,
contained the equivalent of about 230,000 baht in US dollars and euro.
....
�There is a safe deposit box in their room, but they didn�t keep their
money in there. I don�t know why,� said the owner.
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Good question. Why were they riding around with a quarter of a million baht
in the basket of their rented motorbike? Indeed, why were they carrying that
much cash at all? Its not like Phuket doesn't have ATMs.
Alfred Molon
says...
> Good question. Why were they riding around with a quarter of a million baht
> in the basket of their rented motorbike? Indeed, why were they carrying that
> much cash at all? Its not like Phuket doesn't have ATMs.
230000 Baht = 4600 Euro cash. I find it unbelievable that somebody would
carry around so much cash in Thailand. That's borderless stupidity.
--
Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
Magnus
Alfie,
You don't know the price of dope in Thailand, don't you?
:-o
Mort
"Down with SCT!" - Karlos Yababozo en Khorat
gernot almen
> carry around so much cash in Thailand. That's borderless stupidity.
Cash and camera. And looking at your webside, I think I don't have to tell
you the price of a nice camera equipment ^^
Alfred Molon
> Cash and camera. And looking at your webside, I think I don't have to tell
> you the price of a nice camera equipment ^^
Euro, if you don't need 24MP or full frame DSLRs. The expensive items
are the lenses.
maxwell
> Phuket bike bandit leaves Brits broke
> Kata Noi Road in Phuket where tourists had bags stolen from baskets on
> their rented motorcycles.
> PHUKET: Two tourists robbed in Kata were left penniless when a thief
> snatched a bag containing all their remaining holiday cash from the
> basket on their rented motorbike last week.
> While waiting for money to be sent from abroad so they could buy
> flights home, the young travelers had to rely on charity from the
> owner of the Pineapple Guesthouse where they were staying.
How did Brits fly into the Kingdom on holiday without already having
return tickets?
Alfred Molon
> How did Brits fly into the Kingdom on holiday without already having
> return tickets?
not change the date. Regarding the charity, couldn't they simply have
obtained some emergency loan from the British consular authorities?
maxwell
> In article <he4lje$ba6$1...@news.albasani.net>, maxwell says...
>> How did Brits fly into the Kingdom on holiday without already having
>> return tickets?
> Perhaps their return flight was scheduled for much later and they could
> not change the date. Regarding the charity, couldn't they simply have
> obtained some emergency loan from the British consular authorities?
Perhaps, perhaps not:
<http://ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/when-things-go-wrong/if-you-are-victim-crime>