Wichian
Dokmai shows police how he tried
to steal electric wire from his neighbor.
Theerarak Suthathiwong
A Third Road restaurateur caught a drunken neighbor
trying to steal electric wire to sell for booze money.
Police were called to the Khrua Kamol Restaurant March 1
where 42-year-old Wichian Dokmai was being detained by eatery staff. At the
scene were a pair of wire cutters and a pile of wire.
Wichian told police he often cut utility cables to sell
for scrap, then use the cash to buy more alcohol. Khrau Kamol was just
behind where he lived, so when the booze ran low that night, he tried to
steal from his neighbor, but got caught, he said.
The electric wire was brand new, and had not yet been
connected, otherwise the drunken thief might have ended up dead instead of
in jail.
