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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Cabbie returns US$500,000 violin to absent-minded professor

On his way back from the restaurant at about 10pm, he took a taxi, but he forgot to bring the violin with him when arriving at his home in Sukhumvit Soi 31.

The taxi driver, identified as Uthen Dankhumthod, was later located. He took the violin to Thong Lor police station to be returned to the owner.

Wei said that he was thrilled to get his violin back. He also performed briefly with the instrument for the police.

Uthen said that after realising that his passenger left the violin in his taxi’s back seat, he drove back to the destination but could not find the passenger. He kept the violin in the taxi’s trunk and told the taxi company owner about the matter before going to bed.

The next morning, the cabdriver got many missed calls from JS 100 traffic radio station, which provides help in lost-and-found cases. He called back to arrange for…

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