News Forum - Fare play: Taxi driver caught cashing in for party with entertainers

[Thaiger]

Police today arrested a Thai taxi driver in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok for stealing more than 10,000 baht in cash from a passenger to spend on a party with some female entertainers. The 57 year old female passenger victim, Waleeporn, filed a theft complaint at Bang Kaew Police Station on May 10 after the … …

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[ChrisS]

"A similar incident was reported in Phuket last week. In this case, a foreign passenger left a bag, reportedly containing more than 10,000 euros in a taxi car. The driver returned the bag to the police, but some money was missing, leading to a theft accusation."

Not much chance of proving that one way or the other, either the driver is telling porkies or the foreigner.

[Guest1]

And the driver in question will still drive all the next days.

Intead of taking his license, the BiBs wont even investigate his case.