2 ladyboys arrested on pick-pocketing charge

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1987

Police arrested two accused transvestites detained by passers-by after an Italian man claimed they’d pick-pocketed him.

Anusorn Jumsuwan, 22, and Laddawan Prachumchai, 29, were taken into custody near the Dolphin Roundabout Aug. 5 following the complaint by 65-year-old Walter Schweigkofler.

Anusorn Jumsuwan and Laddawan Prachumchai have been charged with pick-pocketing Italian Walter Schweigkofler. Anusorn Jumsuwan and Laddawan Prachumchai have been charged with pick-pocketing Italian Walter Schweigkofler.

Police said the Italian claimed the duo had accosted him while he was walking in North Pattaya and, during the diversion, stolen 2,000 baht.

Police found the cash on Anusorn, who investigators said confessed. Laddawan denied the charges.