Tuk-Tuk Takes Down Thief for Tourist

CHIANG MAI — A Chinese woman got her purse back thanks to a tuk-tuk driver who wrestled it back from a thief in Chiang Mai.

When the thief, whose arrest was announced today, rode up on a motorcycle to snatch the unidentified tourist’s purse as she was cycling in the northern city on Thursday, he probably wasn’t expecting nearby tuk-tuk driver Withoon Wattanakijjakul to come racing after him to recover the bag.

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