Boys praised for returning wallet found in Pattaya

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Foreign tourists ‘ wallets had identification records and income.

PUBLISHED: 22 Nov 2024 at 11: 47

Noppadol Phuphiphat, 14, from Bannernplubwan School, Phattraraphol Ngao-ngam, 14, from Watsuttawas School, meet a police officer at Pattaya City police station on Thursday night to help locate the owner of a wallet they found outside a shopping mall. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
Noppadol Phuphiphat, 14, from Bannernplubwan School, Phattraraphol Ngao-ngam, 14, from Watsuttawas School, meet a police commander at Pattaya City police stop on Thursday night to help identify the owner of a pocket they found outside a shopping mall. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )

After discovering a finances in an ice bucket outside a Pattaya shopping mall on Thursday night, two 14-year-old boys received widespread applause for returning it with identification documents to police.

When a friend’s older brother and Noppadol Phuphiphat and Phattraraphol Ngao-ngam, both from Bannernplubwan and Watsuttawas schools, discovered the bag outside CentralFestival Pattaya Beach in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung city, were walking together.

At 11 p.m., the two youths reported the incident to the Pattaya City police station as soon as they could because the owner might be in trouble.

Pol Capt Anan Mahakitassawakul, assistant analysis key at the place, said the bag contained 3, 640 ringgit and 71 renminbi, along with recognition documents belonging to a Chinese tourist. The user is awaiting the owner’s state to the products, which the police have recorded.

The boys ‘ credibility was praised by the station’s testimony.

The two boys ' wallets were returned by Pol Capt Anan Mahakitassawakul, the deputy analysis chief at Pattaya City police station, on Thursday night, as shown here. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )

The two boys ‘ wallets were returned by Pol Capt Anan Mahakitassawakul, the deputy analysis chief at Pattaya City police station, on Thursday night, as shown here. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )