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Health official stole cars because his tour business had failed

Roengrit Jarukasem, 45, a C-7 official at Don Mod Daeng district public health office in Ubon Ratchathani province, is taken from a stolen pickup truck on Thursday evening. He was charged with the theft of three vehicles. (Capture from clip supplied via Dusit Singkhiri)

UBON RATCHATHANI: A public health official arrested for car theft told police his sideline tour business had suffered huge losses since the Covid-19 outbreak and he was deeply in debt.

So he decided to steal cars and sell them.

Roengrit Jarukasem, 45, a C-7 official at Don Mod Daeng district public health office, was apprehended while driving a stolen vehicle to pick up members of his family in downtown Muang district on Thursday evening.

A police team led by Pol Col Thanaphant Padungkarn, chief of Muang police, took the suspect in for…

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