“Millionaire beggar arrested”
Twelve beggars were arrested during a police operation to purge Bangkok of beggars on Thursday night.
One of them was a millionaire.
The female Thai beggar was found to be carrying more than 300,000 baht in cash and to have about one million baht in her bank account.
Police went to Sukhumvit Road from Asok intersection to Nana area on Thursday night following complaints that many beggars were rampant along this route.
Police arrested eight Thais, two Cambodians, a Lao and a Myanmar national for begging.
Of the beggars, one Thai woman was found to have more than 300,000 baht cash in her possession and a bank account containing about one million baht.
She told authorities that she had collected the money from begging.
คำศัพท์
beg (v.) ขอ
beggar (n.) ขอทาน
arrest (v.) จับกุม
operation (n.) การดำเนินการ
purge (v.) กวาดล้าง
millionaire (n.) เศรษฐี
rampant (adj.) วิ่งพล่าน, อาละวาด
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