Taxi Driver Arrested for Theft of Gold in Bangkok

BANGKOK, May 27 (TNA) – A taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly stealing over 40 baht weight of gold, worth about two million baht, from a woman who dropped it near a bridge in the Pinklao area on May 22.

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The woman, Ms. Prairin, reported the theft to the police, stating that she lost the gold while transporting it from one gold shop to another.

Police from Bang Yi Khan station apprehended the taxi driver seen on CCTV footage picking up a bag dropped in the middle of Boromratchonni Road on the day of the incident. After arresting him this morning in the Nang Loeng area, they took him to search his home in Sathupradit.

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