BANGKOK, April 3 (TNA) – Three Mongolians seen on CCTV
camera pickpocketing passenger of Bangkok sky train have been arrested.
The trio, one of them believed to be famous rapper, is
charged for collusion in theft, said Pol Lt-general Surachet Hakpan, chief of
the Immigration Bureau on Wednesday.
Following a complaint by Bangkok BTS sky train passenger,
police checked CCTV footage to find that the men dumped the wallet in a bin at
a nearby pedestrian walk, he said.
Pol Maj-General Surachet said Thai police planned to use new
technology such as biometric system to screen foreign criminals.
Thai police had arrested pickpockets from Cambodia, the
Philippines and Vietnam as well, mostly targeting foreign tourists, he said.
(TNA)
