Three young thieves who have obviously chosen the wrong profession, were arrested in Pattaya for impersonating police officers and stealing 20 baht from two Thai victims. It wasn’t the first time someone has pretended to be a policeman so that they could shake down locals hoping to score drugs or cash, but this incident was certainly one of the dumbest. Two men and a woman, all aged around 20 years old, drove their pickup truck to Pattaya’s Pratamnak Hill near the radio station, where they found two slightly older Thais drinking at the view point. After allegedly presenting themselves as the police, they conducted a full body search of the two men hoping to find ya ba (Thai amphetamines). But in a classic karmic twist, the two men had a mere 20 baht between them, and no drugs. The young thieves foolishly chose to keep the 20 baht, a move which eventually led to their arrest. The two victims went down to the Pattaya police station and told what had happened. Local police then went out and found the truck and three thieves, arresting them on the spot. The two males admitted searching the victims, but denied claiming they were police. The victims didn’t want to file charges against the kids, but did want their 20 baht back. Police decided it wasn’t worth the paperwork to process the thieves, and let them go with a warning. 2009-01-07T10:51:00+07:00 1063 2009-01-04T11:13:03+07:00 5 true 1063-pattaya-thieves-make-off-with-20-baht Andrew