German arrested over theft at Phuket hotel
published : 29 Jan 2024 at 08:10
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A German who stole 86,000 baht in cash from a counter at a hotel in Patong and smiled at a security camera before fleeing on Thursday has now been arrested.
Police arrested Mohamed Yassine Zariouh, 22, at Patong beach town on Friday evening.
The arrest came after a hotel employee said that a foreign man had approached the hotel counter around 3am on Thursday. The man then opened the drawer, took an envelope containing 86,000 baht in cash and fled.
Footage from the hotel’s CCTV showed the man glancing at the camera and smiling.
The suspect was held in police custody at Patong station, awaiting legal action. No motive for the theft has been provided by the police.
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Vocabulary
- arrest (verb): (of the police) to take someone to a police station because they are believed to have committed a crime - จับกุม
- counter: a long flat surface over which goods are sold or business is done in a shop/store, bank, etc - เคาน์เตอร์, โต๊ะขนาดยาว
- custody: the state of being in prison or under police control, especially while waiting for trial - การกักขัง, การคุมขัง
- envelope: a flat container made of paper or plastic for keeping papers in - ซอง
- flee (past form: fled) (verb): to leave a place or person quickly because you are afraid of possible danger or consequences - หนี
- footage: film of a particular subject or event - ฟิลม์หรือคลิปภาพยนตร์
- glance: to look quickly at something/somebody - แวบมอง, ชายตามอง, เหลือบดู
- motive: a reason for doing something - แรงจูงใจ
