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4 teens jailed for stealing
German’s 5-baht gold necklace
Boonlua Chatree
Four teenagers were arrested for allegedly stealing an ostentatious
gold necklace dangling from the neck of a German tourist.
Nattawut Taehalung, 18, and three minors - ages 14, 17, and 17 - were
apprehended in two separate arrests Jan. 15, minutes after German Fredi
Todias, 36, had a 5-baht-weight gold necklace and pendant worth more than
100,000 baht yanked from around his neck as he sat on a motorbike near the
Wiangjan restaurant in South Pattaya.
Police said the two youngest teens, nabbed near the Thepprasit Boxing
Stadium, were acting as decoys for Nattawut and his partner, who were
captured while hiding on a small side street behind the restaurant.
The four teens had been working the city, with the older boys stealing gold
to sell for party money while the two youngest would try to get police to
follow them.
At a news conference, police officials again implored tourists not to wear
thick and expensive gold jewelry in public, as flashing jewelry worth more
than a year’s salary to most Thais serves as too much of a magnet for crime.
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