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Former boxer caught for stealing bag of Briton in Krabi

A tourist tries to retrieve his bag from a thief who is fleeing on a motorcycle at Ao Nang Beach in Krabi in the early hours of April 24. The thief, who turned out to be a former boxer, is caught. (Capture from a clip posed by Krabi TV Online)

KRABI: A former popular boxer has been arrested for allegedly stealing a British tourist’s bag at Ao Nang beach last week.

Police apprehended Suwit “Fai” Phuengsom, 31, of Krabi’s Koh Lanta district, at a house in Muang district on Wednesday on charges of theft and carrying a knife in public.

The arrest followed a complaint by British tourist Fraser William, 23, that he left his bag on the beach as he and his friend went for a swim around 2.50am on April 24. He later saw a middle-aged man…

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