Mongolian pickpockets caught

Three Mongolian men have been arrested on charges of stealing a wallet from a Slovak tourist on a BTS train in Bangkok on Monday night.

Three Mongolian pickpockets two of them popular rappers in their home country, are interrogated by Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, left, during a media conference on Wednesday. (Supplied photo via Wassayos Ngamkham)

Ichinkhorloo Munkhbaya, 26, Gansukh Ikhbayar, 27, and Batsuren Erdenebaya, 27, were apprehended near Thong Lor BTS station, Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said at a media briefing on Wednesday.
The suspects were wanted on arrest warrants issued by the Phra Khanong Court for colluding in theft.

They were accused of picking a Slovak tourist's pocket on the evening of April 1 on a BTS skytrain between Thong Lor station and On Nut station.

When he realised his wallet containing 2,000 baht cash and other valuable items had vanished, the man alerted tourist police who later that night found the empty wallet in a garbage bin at Siam Discovery Skywalk.
Police examined footage of security cameras which showed the three suspects dumping the wallet in the bin before fleeing.
During interrogation, the suspects confessed to having stolen the wallet from the victim. They admitted targetting Thais and foreign tourists in busy areas such as shopping malls and BTS stations.
Checks found that Mr Munkhbaya had entered Thailand twice, Mr Ikhbayar once and Mr Erdenebaya four times.
Pol Lt Gen Surachate urged accommodation providers and hotels to notify police of foreign guests. Two of the three suspects did not have their residences notified, he said.
It was reported Mr Munkhbaya and Mr Ikhbayar were popular rappers in Mongolia.

Source:Bankgkok Post

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Mongolian pickpocketers arrested before fleeing country

Three Mongolian men have been arrested and faced theft charges one day before they planned to leave Thailand, police said on Thursday. Tourist and Metropolitan Police Bureau police said Indermaa Ganbold, 31, Okhinsuren Bayarsaikhan, 39, and Tseddenbal Oyunbold, 34, were apprehended in Pathumwan area on Wednesday in an operation that included BTS skytrain staff. Mr Ganbold was captured at the Chit Lom Lom station. His arrest led to the roundup of the rest at an undisclosed location. 

Tourist police show a chart displaying the arrest of three Mongolian pickpocketers during a media briefing on Thursday. (Tourist Police Division photo) 

Cash of 100,000 baht in many currencies, including the baht and South Korean won, were seized by police. 

The arrest followed a complaint by a Korean tourist that he had lost his wallet with four credit cards and 50,000 won in cash at the BTS Phloen Chit station on July 25. 

Police tracked the gang from the footage of BTS security cameras and finally found Mr Ganbold. 

Two more members of the gang left the country on July 26 with five iPhone X phones bought with the credit cards of the Korean visitor to be sold in their country. The arrested three planned to return to Mongolia on Thursday.

Authorities interrogated them and said they had targeted foreign tourists, especially at BTS stations or crowded areas at department stores, because they were unlikely to report to police. 

The charges carry a fine up to 100,000 baht and/or a jail term up to five years. 

Source:Bankgkok Post

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