Romanian arrested for
alleged currency thefts
Police last week arrested a Romanian man for allegedly
stealing from three careless currency exchange clerks.
Paul Adrain Trica, 35, was captured Feb. 24 holding 4,625
euros, US$3,187, 14 ringgit and 12,890 baht - a total of about 307,000 baht.
Col. Thirapol Jindalhuang said exchange booths from Siam
Commercial Bank, Kasikorn Bank and Ayuthaya Bank reported thefts by a
Romanian man who claimed he wanted to exchange dollars and euros, then
grabbed baht from the counter when the clerk wasn’t paying attention. He’d
then tell staffers he changed his mind and would walk away.
Officers searched Trica’s Diana Inn hotel room searching
for the more than 100,000 baht the banks reported stolen. Armed with booth
security camera footage, police locked up the Romanian to face charges in
2 Russians hurt in
Two Russian tourists were injured when a pair of Thai
youths kicked over the motorbike they were riding in order to steal a gold
Vladimir Tuzo, 51, suffered a cut forehead Nicolai
Crostrin, 46, broke is arm in the Feb. 21 robbery. Both were treated at
Pattaya Memorial Hospital.
Both said they were driving down a dark road when the
Thai duo approached. The pillion passenger kicked the Russians, who lost
control and crashed. The Thais stole one of their necklaces and fled.
New hire busted for
cleaning out register on first day
A new hire at a South Pattaya massage parlor was arrested
after allegedly cleaning out the register on her first day of work.
Rungnapa Trongdee, 38, was captured by police Monday
holding 10,600 baht she allegedly took from the till at Queen Massage on Soi
VC. She had shown up for work as a cashier and simply took all the cash in
the register and ran, the shop staff that nabbed her claimed.
Police say it was not the first time Rungnapa had been caught robbing a