Five Vietnamese pickpockets who preyed on concertgoers at the Lady Gaga show at Rajamangala Stadium on Friday were arrested this weekend.
Police found 32 mobile phones, several cameras, and foreign money worth THB500,000 in the possession of 43-year-old Mr. Ho Van Than, 22-year-old Ghi Kim Anit, 29-year-old Ms. Tran Thi Thu Phuong, 41-year-old Cao The Hoang, and 37-year-old Mrs. Tran Thi Minh Nguyen. Metropolitan Police Bureau Commissioner Pol. Lt. Gen. Winai Thongsong told the press that three of the gang were arrested at Rajamangala and the last two were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport while trying to catch a flight back to Vietnam.
One of the victims – Ms. Nantchuda Nantamanop, a 23-year-old niece of Pol. Maj. Gen. Sutee Nayrakante – identified the gang and said she had noticed them in the concert because they didn’t seem to be interested in Lady Gaga’s performance at all. She said that the gang crowded around her in the packed show and that she noticed later that her belongings were gone.
The suspects often flew to big events in Thailand to rob people and return quickly to Vietnam to sell the goods, Manager reported.
