Bangkok Taxi Driver Arrested for Abandoning and Stealing from Two Young British Women

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NAKHON PATHOM – A Bangkok taxi driver has been arrested for abandoning two British women in Nakhon Pathom and fleeing with their cash and credit cards after they chartered his taxi for a trip to a floating market in Ratchaburi.

Tourist Police deputy commissioner Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal held a press conference on Tuesday to announce the arrest of Sanya Ngamsima, 59, a resident of Bangkok’s Jomthong district.

According to The Nation, Sanya was arrested on Monday, a day after he left two British women at an NGV station in Nakhon Pathom.

Surachet said Sanya had been hired by Lucida Moore and April Berton-Burgur to take them from Khao San Road in Bangkok to visit the Damnone Saduak floating market in Ratchaburi on Sunday.

During their trip back to Bangkok, the taxi driver stopped at an NGV station(Gas Station) and the two girls were asked to wait outside the vehicle. But after Sanya filled the tank, he sped off, leaving the two young tourists behind.

The women’s bags with Bt6,000 in cash, more than US$200 (Bt6,730) in US currency, four credit cards and both their passports were in the taxi.

The two tourists were later assisted by a Nakhon Pathom police patrol.

Surachet said they were helped by police to return to their rooms on Khao San Road and left Thailand on Monday.

Surachet said the taxi driver was charged with robbery, failing to use his meter and failing to deliver passengers to their destination.