The boy, is the accomplice of a 21 year old man arrested yesterday (January 21) for snatching a gold necklace from the neck of a Danish man while driving on a mortorbike.
Karon police arrested the 21 year-old, Nawamin Daijareonsuk, in Soi Patak 22, and seized the broken gold necklace, along with a small Buddha amulet.
The theft took place on Tuesday (January 20) at 2:15pm, and straight after the incident the victim, Preben Anderson, 67, and his wife, both Danish, filed a police report at Karon Police Station.
Anderson told police that as he was driving his motorbike, with his wife on the back, near the Kata Saiyuan tourist attraction, two men on a motorbike started to follow them.
When they caught up with Mr & Mrs Anderson, the driver of the other bike snatched the gold necklace from around Mr Anderson's neck and sped away towards Rawai.
Mr Anderson said he tried to follow them but couldn̕t keep up.
After checking several CCTVs in the area, a Phuket registered Honda Click was pointed out by Mr Anderson. This led to the arrest of Nawamin.
Nawamin confessed to the robbery and told police about his 13 year old friend.
Nawamin and his friend face charges of theftand using a vehicle to flee the scene of a crime, and the boy̕s parents have been told by the police to bring him to the station as soon as possible.