UpdatedHannah FilmerJournalist·NZ Herald·20 Jul, 2026 08:45 PM3 mins to read‌Loukas Rainger, 18, was detained trying to return home from Bangkok for allegedly taking a watch from an airport in Surat Thani two weeks earlier. An 18-year-old’s Kiwi’s first overseas trip has ended with him detained in a Thai jail after a watch incident at airport security.

Loukas Rainger is in prison at Thailand’s Surat Thani after allegedly taking a watch that was left in a tray during a security bag check in the city’s