Crime
Canadian Man, Chinese Woman Arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport for Luggage Theft
BANGKOK – A Canadian and Chinese tourist have been arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport as they were planning to leave the country with expensive travel luggage stolen from another passengers.
Tourist and Suvarnabhumi airport police apprehended Li Tze Yueng, 35, and Lou Jieying, 22, at an airline check-in counter at the airport on Saturday as they were on their way to Hong Kong.
Mr Li Tze Yueng is a Canadian citizen of Chinese origin, while Ms Lou is a Chinese national.
Police also seized three Rimowa bags reported stolen from three passengers.
According to the Bangkok Post the arrest, followed a complaint registered by American Elsie Mullers with airport police on Friday. She said she could not find her travel bag after arriving in Bangkok on an All Nippon Airways flight and waiting for the luggage at a conveyor belt for incoming passengers.
Police checked CCTV footage at the baggage claim area and other locations inside Suvarnabhumi and found the two suspects loading a number of bags on their carts before leaving the airport.
The owners of the luggage were contacted by police and they confirmed the bags found with the suspects were theirs, police added.
Police arrest Li Tze Yueng and Lou Jieying at a check-in counter at Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday as they were planning to leave for Hong Kong.
They were taken to their hotel in Ratchathewi area to search the room they stayed in and found more bags stolen from a Thai tourist returning to Thailand from South Korea.
Thailand;s Immigration Bureau acting commissioner Pol Maj Surachate Hakparn said on Sunday that records had found they had made almost 30 trips to Thailand through the airport. They travelled with carry-ons and stole baggage belonging to other travellers at conveyor belts by targeting the Rimowa brand.
The stolen bags were sold as second-hand luggage in other countries for between 30,000 and 50,000 baht, he added.
