A 23-year-old Indian man has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly stealing cash belonging to an Egyptian passenger at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, The Bangkok Post reports.
Mahesh Vaijinath Mote walked into the lounge and sat on a chair behind the Egyptian passenger around 2.15 am on November 4 and took out the cash from his bags once the Egyptian passenger fell asleep.
The CCTV footage caught him replacing the bag on the luggage trolley and walking away.
He then hailed a taxi to the hotel.
The victim filed a complaint with the Suvarnabhumi airport police on Saturday, saying that an amount of cash in his luggage had been stolen while he was asleep in the departure lounge at the airport.
The police sourced CCTV footage and found Mote at a local hotel where police recovered $1,600, 1,560 Dirhams and 12,500 baht in Mr Mote's possession.
Mahesh Mote first denied he had stolen the money from the Egyptian, but later confessed to the theft charges when shown the security camera footage, the report said.
He said he had travelled to Thailand on seven occasions.
Most recently, he stayed until September when his tourist visa expired and he ran out of money for daily expenses and the hotel bills. He decided to go to Suvarnabhumi airport to steal money, he said.
