There has been a lot of talk about the video quality, but mostly it has been put down to compression for posting on their website. Apparantly the police copy was good enough to recognise the couple.

The guy dumped the wallet because he knew they were on to them (according to KP).

No one really knows why they did it - but it was well rehersed and maybe they do it for the buzz and have never been caught up until that point. They moved a lot of wallets about, just picking them up and putting them back on other shelves - to confuse? This was at shuffeling speed, they were not looking at them, just shifting them about - then the women walks behind the shelving unit with two wallets together - she puts one down, but still clearly has another which she bags. I guess most CCTV is useless in airports as its watched later when the missing item is discovered and by then the culprit has long gone.

The free gift scam is not a new one - and has caught many a person. The other one is if someone buys multiple items is to not ring it up but bag it anyway, then accuse them of stealing it. Always check the recipt and the bag before leaving a shop in Asia (not just Thailand)

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