Filipino pair held
The Nation on Sunday December 25, 2011
Two Philippines nationals were arrested for allegedly drugging several tourists to steal their valuables at Bangkok attractions, while a Cambodian man and a Vietnamese man were arrested for pick-pocketing, Tourist Police Division Commander Pol Maj Gen Adis Ngamjitsuksri told a press conference yesterday.
Following complaints filed by Japanese tourists that they were drugged and robbed by some Philippine people in Chatuchak Market, Carren Dizon Dolorito, 29, and Bernabe Mark Jerald Carreon, 22, were identified in photos by victims and were arrested at Fashion Island Mall on Friday along with 10 tablets of Alprazolam. The search at their home in Beuang Kum area also yielded some stolen valuables. They reportedly confessed to police and said they would befriend Japanese women and lured them to play cards at home before drugging them and stealing their valuables. As for Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Tri, 34 and Cambodian Yan Tree, 58, were arrested on Friday for pickpocketing others at Siam Square BTS station.
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