Brand-name products found in invisible area of Mongolian boy’s luggage
PUBLISHED: 8 Mar 2025 at 16: 25
Thailand: A Mongolian holiday has been arrested on charges of stealing brand-name merchandise from a shopping plaza in Pattaya by modifying his backpack to hide the stolen goods.
Safety guards from the store on Pattaya beach in Bang Lamung region took Byamba-Ochir Erdenebat, 52, to the Pattaya City police station to report a fraud objection on Friday night.
They showed soldiers a modified briefcase containing 12 reports of stolen brand-name attire and two brand-name carriers with a combined worth of 26, 000 baht.
According to the problem, the foreign tourists entered a store inside the plaza on Friday night. He looked at items for a long time but did not buy something. But the soldiers noticed that the number of products on the shelves had decreased, but they kept a closer watch on him.
As the gentleman walked away from the shop with his turned backpack, the guards and sales clerks approached and asked to hunt the case, but found little suspicious. But the guards remained convinced that the tourist had stolen some items.
Some employees then noticed that the suitcase had been modified with a large compartment on the top covered with tape. Another bag was placed on the top of it. When they opened the compartment, they saw many items stolen from the shop. The man tried to flee but he was subsequently arrested.
A representative of the shopping mall held talks with the suspect about the stolen items, but the talks failed. He was then taken to the police station to face charges.
An officer at the Pattaya police station displays the hidden compartment the Mongolian shoplifting suspect had created in his suitcase. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )