Suspect arrested after allegedly stealing taxi as a passenger because he was upset with taking a stop on way to Chonburi from Bangkok

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A man has been arrested in Chonburi yesterday after he reportedly stole a taxi stopped in Chachoengsao while traveling from Bangkok.

The Bor Thong Police in Chonburi was notified from the Bang Kla Police in Chachoengsao yesterday afternoon of the alleged theft.

The taxi was tracked by a GPS and was found dumped near a school in the Bor Thong District. No one was in the taxi when it was discovered.

The suspect, a Thai man named Preecha Yormin, 42, was arrested on a bus in Ban Bueng, Chonburi.

The taxi driver, whose name was not given to the press, told police that his passenger hired a taxi from Bangkok to Chonburi.

The driver stopped at a gas station in Bangkla, Chachoengsao to use the toilet before his passenger stole the taxi, reportedly because the driver was allegedly going too slow and Preecha was upset at making the stop.

Police later found that Preecha was a former patient at a mental hospital and a history of similar incidents. Preecha remains in police custody after the incident.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.