An 18-year-old hotel maid arrested for stealing money from a Russian tourist's room is taken to the currency booth where she exchanged the US banknotes for baht, during a re-enactment of the crime on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattaya tourist police)CHON BURI: A hotel maid arrested for stealing US$200 from a Russian tourist's room in the Pattaya area told police she thought the money was a tip and used it to buy a gold ring. Her arrest followed a complaint by Nikolay Lavanov, 37, a Russian national, that US$200 cash had been stolen from his room. The young maid admitted she took the cash, saying the $200 had been left twice on a desktop in the room. She thought the foreign tourist had placed the money on the desk as a tip for her.

Source: Bangkok Post September 11, 2018 08:48 UTC