Last night, Phuket police arrested a foreigner who stole snacks from a store on two separate occasions. Phuket City Police and Phuket Tourist police cooperated to find the foreigner, an Australian, on a beach between Au Nang and Krabi. He is identified as Joshua Aaron Jerome Madeira. He is 31 years old.
Madeira has now confessed to both incidents of theft, saying he needed some “reprieve” from constant stress in his life, according to The Phuket News.
The snack shop, called Kin Fit Fin, caught Madeira stealing the snacks on CCTV on Sunday. Footage shows him stuffing the snacks into his trousers, and leaving without paying. Madeira stole 186 baht worth of snacks that day. He also stole 228 baht worth of snacks in January.
The first time Madeira stole from Kin Fit Fin, he came to the store with a Thai woman. The woman paid for her items, while he snatched his snacks. The second…
