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BIZARRE: Filipino pickpockets target tourists in bangkok | Mind Blowing Facts

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Thong Lo police arrest nine members of a Filipino pickpocketing gang and take a photo with some of them, with their faces blurred. (Photo: Police TV)

Nine Philippine nationals were arrested in Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi airport for allegedly pickpocketing a South Korean tourist. They admitted to doing it multiple times, targeting foreign visitors in popular tourist hotspots.

Police arrested two Filipino men and seven Filipina women at a hotel in Bangkok's Phaya Thai district and at Suvarnabhumi Airport, following a complaint from a South Korean man who reported being targeted by a pickpocketing gang at Sukhumvit Soi 33 around 6.40pm on Oct 16.

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