Up to 415 theft cases were reported to a tourist-service centre in the past several months.

"Thieves targeted notebook computers and cameras," Pol Lt Col Thammawat Hirunyalekha, an inspector at the centre, said Sunday.

According to him, of teh total thefts reported, 152 cases were about items missing in the airport, 152 about items missing while on board, and 101 about items missing outside the airport's compound.

The number of theft reports at the unit has climbed from just nine in September, to 54 in October, 72 in November, 101 in December and 114 in January.

The Nation