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Welcome to Cambodia; tourist couple robbed on arrival

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Phnom Pehn: A tourist couple got robbed while in a tuk tuk, on street 63 in Phnom Penh. shortly after they landed at Phnom Pehn International Airport on 1 am 0n January 9,2018.
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According to the tuk tuk driver, he was driving from the airport to Beung Kengkorng Market. When they arrived on street 63, there was a couple of thieves waiting on a motorbike. The hoodlums tried to grab the back pack from the foreign couple, but they cried out for help, and were heard by some policemen, who gave chase and caught the two suspects at Mao Zedong street.
The victims had lost a phone, passports and some money.
The two suspects were detained for questioning at Chamkamorn police station.
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Re: Welcome to Cambodia; tourist couple robbed on arrival

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they should sell those jow's bike and give the proceeds to the couple and let the assholes walk from now on.... I do wonder if the tuk tuk was sent by the guesthouse to collect them and was in on it....seems odd that a tuk tuk drives you to the door of your guesthouse which is presumably well lit on 63 then two little thieves appear outta the blue at 1am and snatch a bag ...
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First question to be asked....did the tuk tuk driver make any phone calls immediately after picking them up?
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angkorjohn wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 2:34 pm they should sell those jow's bike and give the proceeds to the couple and let the assholes walk from now on.
They aren't about to give it back. They need it as the station's runabout.
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Shoulda stolen his man bun!
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well done the Police
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