Bangkok - A student committed robbery preying on six taxi drivers in the Thai capital on Wednesday with alleged intent to fund his university fees, police said.
The 18-year-old male student, identified merely as Chalermyod, separately called six cabs to a halt in a dark, long lane off Ladprao road and robbed the taxi drivers of their cash altogether amounting to 2 380 baht (about 66 US dollars).
The lone suspected robber used a bogus revolver to perpetrate the crime which saw the panic-stricken victims quickly handing out their money.
None of the taxi drivers resisted or got hurt, the police said.
The six separate heists occurred in a row during the wee hours and lasted less than two hours.
One of the victims was quoted as saying that the youngster thanked him for the money and wished him good luck before he got off.
Chalermyod was arrested near the crime scenes shortly after he had made off with cash from his sixth victim, the police said.
The suspected robber student, who was majored in psychology, was quoted as saying that he did so only to find some money to pay for the fees at his state university and to buy a bus ride to his native southern province of Chumporn.
Xinhua