Police have detained three suspects, on 28 February, over a planned robbery in Pattaya in which more than 2 million baht was stolen from a safe, allegedly using three vehicles to evade capture in a manner likened to the film Fast & Furious. Officers say the group carefully plotted the raid after learning the victim had recently withdrawn the cash to buy a house. One foreign suspect has been taken in for questioning, with two others also under investigation.
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The robbery took place shortly after midnight on 26 February at a house in Chokchai Village 9, Moo 10, Nong Prue, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi. Three men dressed in black and wearing balaclavas allegedly forced their way into the property and held a 32-year-old British national and his Thai partner and their friends, at knifepoint. The victim, a chef working overseas, had kept more than 2 million baht in a safe inside a wardrobe on the second floor, which the suspects carried away in a black four-door Ford pickup truck.
On 28 February 2026, Pol Col Nattaphon Phongsuksakul, chief of Nong Prue Police Station, Pol Col Phatsakorn Paijit, chief of investigation at Chonburi Provincial Police, Pol Col Naphatsapong Kosit Suriyamanee, chief of Chonburi Immigration, and Pol Lt Col Prabda Suksuntree, superintendent of Tourist Police Division 4, deployed teams to track the suspects. Investigators believe the gang deliberately targeted the victim after learning he had withdrawn 2 million baht in cash. Police reported the offenders share the same nationality as the victim and became acquainted at a cannabis shop in Pattaya.
CCTV footage shows the black Ford pickup used in the robbery driving along the railway road before the victim’s mobile phone was discarded. The vehicle then travelled onto Sukhumvit Road, turning right towards Wat Boonkanjanaram, inJomtien. At 22.57, footage captured the suspects switching to a white car and heading to an apartment in Soi Boonkanjanaram 5, around 8–9 kilometres from the crime scene, where they stayed for a time, allegedly to open the safe and divide the cash.
At 23.33 the same night, another four-door Ford pickup collected the group before heading onto Sukhumvit Road towards Chonburi. Police say the use of three vehicles was intended to mislead officers, drawing comparisons by police, with the film Fast & Furious.
Khoasod reported that one foreign suspect described as a dark-skinned man nearly two metres tall is being questioned at Nong Prue Police Station. Two additional suspects have also been taken into custody for further interrogation, but police have not released further details or at what location they are being held. Further updates will follow as the investigation continues.
Pictures courtesy of Khaosod
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Adapted by ASEAN Now Khaosod 1 Mar 2026
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