An Australian tourist is facing up to five years in prison after allegedly stealing a drone from a gadget shop in Thailand.<br /><br />Ayden Depp, 38, was seen on CCTV appearing to leave the Central Floresta store with the 28,990 Baht (1,400 AUD) item in Phuket on December 26.<br /><br />Police said he then left the country for Yangon in neighbouring Burma but he was detained at the island's airport when he flew back to Thailand on Saturday (Jan 4).<br /><br />Officers said they raided Ayden's rented apartment where they found designer handbags and sunglasses, which they believe were also stolen and worth more than 100,000 Baht (4,800AUD).<br /><br />Ayden allegedly confessed to stealing the Parrot ANAF-Go 33961 as an act of ''revenge'' against the retailer, which he said had hold him a faulty electric razor.<br /><br />Police Major General Krissak Songmoonnaksaid: ''The tourist said he had recently bought a razor from the shop but it broke after a short time.<br /><br />"He went to the shop asking for a refund but they refused, which upset him so he decided to steal the drone.<br /><br />"We searched his luggage and found Chanel, Prada and other luxury bags that we believe he did not pay for, as he could not produce receipts.<br /><br />"We have seized those items and we will contact department stores in the area to check if they have missing products.''<br /><br />Police said that they will charge Depp with theft of the expensive drone and gather more evidence for the other suspected stolen goods.<br /><br />Major General Krissak Songmoonnak added: "The man first entered Thailand on November 4 with a visa that expired in December 3 and he extended to January 2.<br /><br />"He went to Yangon in Mayanmar after committing a crime on December 26, the came back to Thailand with a new visa but he was arrested before he could leave the airport.<br /><br />''His visa expire on February 2 so we will try to push the case to court before then.''
