Yesterday (April 30) they arrested Ritdhimet Singha-ampai, 34, after he was caught on CCTV camera at a hotel in Kata.
They followed his car – a white Mercedes Benz bizarrely adorned with black stickers in an apparent attempt to disguise the vehicle.
When he stopped at Jungceylon to go shopping with his girlfriend, they moved in and arrested him.
The Provincial Superintendent of Investigations, Pol Col Wanchai Palawan, told The Phuket News, “He admitted that he had stolen safe deposit boxes from hotels in Patong and the Karon area.”
Ritdhimet is currently being questioned at Karon Police Station.