Two Thai children, ages 12 and 16, were detained in Pattaya for robbing a cashier of her motorbike. At 3:40 AM on June 19th, Pattaya Police were notified of a theft.
In front of Wat Chai Market on South Pattaya Road, Nongprue sub-district, Banglamung District, Chonburi province, they hurried to the scene of the incident right away. The victim, a cashier who was only known as Ms. Supattra, was surrounded by several good Samaritans, including two suspects, aged 12 and 16, when the police arrived on the scene.
After the two kids took Ms. Supattra’s motorcycle, a number of people flocked to her rescue. Ms. Supattra claimed that she was at work when her neighbor called to let her know that the two adolescents had stolen her motorcycle somewhere about 3:00 AM. She hurried back to her room out of concern only to find that her car was in fact missing.
She immediately called the police, alerted her friends, and asked them to keep an eye out and call the police if they saw anything. A friend of the victim, Mr. Kritsorn Sukmon, 28, afterwards saw the two thieves riding Ms. Supattra’s motorcycle in front of Wat Chai Market.
He promptly pursued the motorcycle, making a citizen’s arrest to capture the suspects, and calling the police. The two young people stated that they simply stole the bike to use it for a joyride and that they intended to return it. They saw the motorcycle parked carelessly in front of Ms. Supattra’s room and hot-wired it to steal it. In the hopes that no one would identify the car, the two also took off the registration plate.
The two young people are being prosecuted by the Pattaya Police.
