Three citizens have been arrested after they were reported to have robbed a Nigerian man, Obiora Vincent Izegbu, 36, after he was drunk. According to the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Police Major General Nipon Charoenphol at a press conference in Bang Na police station.
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Nipon said Chananthida Khampae, 21, was arrested at the Seven Days restaurant on Srin Nakharind Road and Panida Booncharoen, 19, was arrested in front of the restaurant at about 1 am Friday. The two later led police to arrest the third suspect, Sarut Phawasupanon, 32, at his houuse in Mueang Samut Prakan district. Chananthida is Sarut’s girlfriend.
The arrest was made after Obiora Vincen Izegbu, 36, a Nigerian, filed a complaint with the Bang Na police station at 1 pm Thursday that he had been robbed by a taxi driver and two women early in the day.
The Nigerian man told police that he hired a taxi to send him to Ramkhamhaeng area Wednesday evening to meet his friend to receive cash of from selling sea foods. He said the taxi driver then recommended him to eat and drink at the Seven Day restaurant.
The Nigerian man said two Thai women then came to sit and drink with him. After he got drunk, the taxi driver took the three to an Isaan food shop and they ate there until 5 am Thursday.
He said he was completely drunk and the taxi driver and the two women took him to Soi Chalermphakiart 2 where he was robbed out of Bt80,000 in cash, a gold necklace worth Bt45,000, a gold locket worth Bt22,000 and two smart phones.
Police later learned the identities of the two women, who admitted that they collaborated with Sarut to rob the Nigerian.