Owner Araya Lertkitsathaporn (left) and tourist
police volunteers managed to detain Alexander Trofimenko.
Boonlua Chatree
Pattaya Tourist Police arrested a Russian man caught
allegedly trying to steal a gold necklace worth more than 100,000 baht.
Officers arrived at the King Star Jewelry shop on Walking
Street March 25 where Alexander Trofimenko, 23, was being detained by
tourist police volunteers. Around his neck was an 8 baht-weight necklace,
still bearing a store price tag.
Owner Araya Lertkitsathaporn, 63, told police Trofimenko
had pretended to be a customer interested in the thick necklace, then asked
to see another. When she turned to retrieve the second piece of jewelry, the
Russian tried to flee, she said.
Trofimenko was said to confess to the crime and is now awaiting
prosecution on robbery charges.
