That’s him! Russian Maxim Glushanov points to
the suspect who lifted his 25,000-baht gold chain while giving him an
unwanted hug on Pattaya Beach.
Boonlua Chatree
A Russian who searched four days for the transvestite who stole his gold
necklace finally got his man, but not his jewelry.
Maxim Glushanov, 23, called police around 2 a.m. Dec. 14 after detaining
Ladchadaporn Kabkaew, 22, on Pattaya Beach. He told police this was the
light-fingered cross-dresser who had lifted his 25,000-baht gold chain
while giving him an unwanted hug on Pattaya Beach four days earlier.
Since then, Glushanov said, he’d been wandering around Pattaya looking
for the man in a skirt, hoping to recover his jewelry, which likely had
been sold within minutes of being lifted.
The Chaiyaphun resident denied he was the thief and police could not
find the chain on him. Police, however, promised to keep investigating.
