During the evening of the 26th March, Chonburi Provincial Police announced the arrest of a Cambodian woman, apparently named Jun Bonsoe, for illegally living in Pattaya for many years and suspected of stealing many items from tourists valued at thousands of baht. Her arrest came about after a call from the owner of a beauty salon on Soi Day Night, South Pattaya, who notified the police that the woman came into her shop trying to sell notebooks and mobile phones. Thinking these might be stolen she called the police to check, whilst the woman was still in the shop. Her suspicions were correct, when police arrived at the scene; Bonsoe immediately panicked and tried to flee the shop. When asked for ID, she produced a Thai passport belonging to someone else. She was arrested and taken to the nearest police station where she confessed she was an illegal immigrant, living in Pattaya for many years. She earned her living as a street prostitute and stealing from tourists. Later, police went to her lodgings and discovered a treasure trove of stolen merchandise, including laptops, expensive watches, gold jewelry, mobile phones and cameras, all taken from many male tourists, who unwittingly took her back to their hotels where she drugged and robbed them with a cocktail of sleeping pills and chloroform. She was charged with theft and illegal entry into the kingdom, and now faces arraignment in court before being deported back to Cambodia.
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