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Lagt på d. 02/03-2007 23:18
> SUVARNABHUMI
> Foreign thieves target travellers
>
> Police urge passengers to be careful with baggage after surge in
> thefts
>
> Police yesterday warned passengers at Suvarnab-humi Airport not to
> leave their baggage unattended as a motley group of thieves comprising
> mainly foreigners have been targeting travellers.
>
> There have been Filipinos, Indonesians, Chinese, Laotians and
> Peruvians caught stealing at the airport, police said.
>
> The tourist-service unit at the airport received 415 theft reports
> from tourists since the airport began full commercial services in late
> September.
>
> Reported thefts at Suvarnabhumi had climbed from just nine in
> September to 54 in October, 72 in November, 101 in December and 114 in
> January.
>
> Of these, 152 concerned items that went missing at the airport, 152
> were items lost on board flights and 101 involved possessions going
> missing outside the terminal buildings.
>
> "Keep an eye on your belongings and avoid putting cash or credit cards
> in your baggage," Lt-Colonel Thammawat Hirunyalekha of the airport's
> tourist centre said yesterday.
>
> He said police recently arrested a Laotian who had confessed that he
> would spend nights inside the terminal watching out for unattended
> bags.
>
> "When we searched his Bangkok apartment, we found many travellers'
> bags, digital cameras and notebook computers," Thammawat said.
>
> There were Filipino, Indonesian, Chinese and Peruvian thieves in the
> airport too, Thammawat said.
>
> He said Chinese thieves usually pick-pocketed while criminals of other
> nationality tended to mingle with crowds waiting to check in and
> snatched unguarded bags.
>
> "These thieves usually target Japanese tourists because they often
> keep cash and credit cards in their unattended bags," Thammawat said.
>
> He said the Chinese thieves appeared to work as a gang because when
> they were caught, they would be bailed fast. "We sometimes arrest
> people twice at the airport after they have sneaked back to China and
> changed their names before returning," he said.
>
> Lt-Colonel Pakapong Sai-ubon, of the Police Immigration Bureau, said
> some criminals flew into the airport purely to steal valuables from
> other passengers.
>
> "They usually fly from trading cities like Hong Kong and grab the bags
> of their targets," he said.
>
> Pol Lt-Colonel Satit Prom-utai of the Tourism Division hoped the
> Immigration Bureau would blacklist foreign thieves caught at the
> airport.
>
> "We will ask the Immigration Bureau to blacklist them," he said.
>
> Thammawat said that according to passenger complaints, some items were
> also stolen from luggage after it had been checked in. Complaints have
> become less frequent, however, since the Airports of Thailand stepped
> up safety measures along the baggage-belt zones.
>
> Suvarnabhumi Airport director Serirat Prasutanont said the airport was
> working closely with police in a bid to ensure safety.
>
> "We will add more security cameras," he said.
>

Bad for Thailand, they have been trying hard to overtake Singapore Changi
Airport to be the air hub of this region.

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