A taxi driver has been arrested for the theft of valuables worth 1.2 million baht, including an expensive Rolex watch, from a Japanese businessman on holiday who went to sleep in his cab after a night out in Bangkok, police said yesterday.
The 45-year-old cabbie, identified only as Sirichai, was taken into custody from his room in Bang Bon district on Monday night. Police searched it and found some of the items reported stolen — an iPhone worth 40,000 baht and a MacBook computer worth 60,000 baht.
Police said the Japanese man reported the theft early last Thursday at Thong Lor station.