An American tourist was arrested after allegedly stealing Gucci wallets worth 43,040 THB (4,051 GBP) from a designer store.<br /><br />Christopher Allen Braman, 21, was seen on CCTV appearing to stuff the luxury leather goods into his pockets at the shopping mall in Phuket, southern Thailand.<br /><br />Footage from last Wednesday (February 19) shows Braman, from Oklahoma, wearing shorts, hoody and two backpacks while he allegedly stealing the Gucci wallets.<br /><br />The store manager Kanthima Niyakiat later reported the crime to the police and took the footage to show them as an evidence. <br /><br />The police traced the suspect and arrested him the following afternoon (February 20) at a nearby shop. <br /><br />They took the American back to his rented home and confiscated the stolen goods worth 43,040 THB (1,051 GBP) that he had hidden them in the closet.<br /><br />Braman allegedly confessed to stealing the goods and was pictured pointing at the items hidden in his wardrobe.<br /><br />They included a brown wallet valued at 15,500 THB, a tiger print wallet valued at 13,440 THBand a black bee print wallet valued at 14,100 THB. <br /><br />Police Colonel Sujin Nilbodee said they also found the suspect visa was due and he will be charge for that as well.<br /><br />He said: "Initially, we charged Mr Braman with theft but after we found that his visa had expired, he will additionally also be charged for his overstaying.''<br /><br />Braman now faces being deported back to the U.S. unless the charges are dropped.
