Gunman flees with cash from depositor outside ATM

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Gunman flees with cash from depositor outside ATM

By Supakorn Akkanant, 
Ekkachai Sukhawattana 
The Nation

 

 

A Thai businessman was robbed by a lone gunman, who escaped with Bt55,000 in cash in Chon Buri province early on Sunday morning. The robbery took place in Bang Lamung district, Pol Captain Setthawuth Mawanhirankul said.

 

The robbery took place in Bang Lamung district, Pol Captain Setthawuth Mawanhirankul said. 

 

Following a report of the robbery at 5am, police inspected the scene in front of Siam Commercial Bank’s Soi Noen Plub Wan branch office. Pattaya businessman Wichai Lowittaya, 55, told officers that he was waiting in a short queue to deposit Bt110,000 cash into an automatic deposit machine and was counting the cash when a man wearing a helmet pointed a gun at his back and forced him to give up the cash. 

 

The businessman said he put up a resistance hence the robber could only snatched half the cash – or Bt55,000 – before fleeing on a motorcycle. Wichai said he gathered the rest of the cash that had spilled on the ground and phoned police.

 

Wichai told police that he often made such cash deposits as he thought the presence of a CCTV camera in the heavy-traffic area made it safe. 

 

Other eyewitnesses confirmed Wicjhai’s account of a lone armed man snatching the cash from Wichai and fleeing on a motorcycle. Police are checking CCTV footage.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30360992

 

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[mok199]

Bet he never does that again...

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Wichai told police that he often made such cash deposits as he thought the presence of a CCTV camera in the heavy-traffic area made it safe. 

 

At 5am? 

Making the same deposit on a regular basis obviously made it unsafe, and Soi Noen Plub Wan isn't an area I would want to be wandering around at that time either. 

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

he was waiting in a short queue

At 5 am?  Were these people on their way home or going to work?  It sounds like the gunman had insider knowledge.  Perhaps putting up a fight was a put up job?

[jaiyen]

Stupid man !  Why didn't he wait for the bank to open ! I will never use an ATM for various reasons. Always deposit and withdraw cash at the counter, where it is safe. No chance of a thief or machine stealing the money.

[Briggsy]

Scamming his partner?

[Classic Ray]

Sounds fishier than a fishy fish story!

[MyFriend You]

Depositing 110K Baht - 55K Baht taken  -  Exactly HALF THE CASH is gone, what are the odds of that happening, or was it Mia Noi payment time??

[edwinchester]

2 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Sounds fishier than a fishy fish story!

"Other eyewitnesses confirmed Wicjhai’s account of a lone armed man snatching the cash from Wichai and fleeing on a motorcycle."

[neeray]

Many cynics here. But if it is legitimate, his big mistake was counting his cash in public. 

(Never show your wad). 

[StayinThailand2much]

2 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Sounds fishier than a fishy fish story!

Some kind of insurance fraud, perhaps?

[StayinThailand2much]

44 minutes ago, neeray said:

Many cynics here. But if it is legitimate, his big mistake was counting his cash in public. 

(Never show your wad). 

Walking around at 5 a.m. in that area with 110 grand in cash, and counting it, is begging for trouble. Perhaps he did that a couple of times, or why did suddenly a gunman show up?

[jossthaifarang]

I call bullshit, exactly half the cash fell on the floor? What are the odds?

[jacko45k]

9 minutes ago, jossthaifarang said:

I call bullshit, exactly half the cash fell on the floor? What are the odds?

For some reason half was being deposited, and 2 wads split. Maybe as simple as that. I have seen numerous examples of Thais carrying insane amounts in cash to the bank.. usually an open one.

 

[CanuckThai]

 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

presence of a CCTV camera in the heavy-traffic area made it safe. 

CCTV doesn't make it more safe.  It only records you being beaten and or robbed.

[seahorse]

There's a lot of "victim blaming" going on in this thread. Speaking of which, where's Bluespunk? 

[Henrik Andersen]

Sorry to meny in this tread but you are just so wrong 

why is it wrong to put your money in a machine 5am

That's better than just have it home 

Business people do this every day and night 

And your answer is always insurance scam 

Only one thing he do wrong was counting the money 

 

[FarangJon]

Fake news. Must ve been a foreigner. Thai people dont rob thai people. Thai rak Thai.

[balo]

As long as CCTV is working they will catch this gangster in no time.

Big Joke already on the case. 

 

[siamcrut]

Lucky he wasn’t shot

[onera1961]

13 minutes ago, siamcrut said:

Lucky he wasn’t shot

May be a toy gun.