Pattaya: That's the way to do it! Pattaya cops solve gold shop "robbery" in minutes

[webfact]

Pattaya: That's the way to do it! Pattaya cops solve gold shop "robbery" in minutes

 

Thai caption: Just like the real thing

 

Pattaya police showed how to wrap up serious crime in a matter of minutes. 

 

The local force were conducting a drill to reassure shopkeepers, the public and tourists in the wake of the Lopburi gold shop heist after three people were shot and 500,000 baht of gold was stolen by a callous lone gunman.

 

The staged robbery took place at the Aurora gold shop in Big C, South Pattaya yesterday afternoon. 

 

An Aurora branch was also the one hit for real on January 9th.

 

The robber - in shorts and a fetching hat and mask - handed staff a note in Thai. It said: "This is a "robbery". Put the gold in the bag quietly, don't make a noise. I have a gun".

 

He then fled with ten baht weight of gold (200,000 baht's worth) on a motorcycle parked outside. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The staff at the shop quickly phoned in a description of the thief and Pattaya's finest swung into impressive action. 

 

An all points bulletin was immediately out to patrols in the area.

 

The miscreant was soon in custody after being arrested in Soi Phaniat Chang in Central Pattaya three kilometers away. 

 

He was taken back to the gold shop where a quick reenactment was made and a speedy admission of guilt wrapped up the case in next to no time. 

 

In fact it was all over in 15 minutes from robbery to pictures for the press. 

 

Deputy chief of the Pattaya force Pol Lt-Col Nitthat Waenpradap said it had all gone according to plan. He urged shopkeepers to contact police quickly with a description of the appearance of a robber and use the "Police I Love You" app. 

 

He advised gold shops to install inexpensive security shutters to guard against robbery.

 

But he also advised shops to close down by 9 pm.

 

This was because after that was a "risky time", he claimed. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

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[ezzra]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

n fact it was all over in 15 minutes from robbery to pictures for the press. 

So this is how they measure solving crimes here, how long it will take the case to get from to the storyboard and the photo opp session huh? also no mention as to what happened to the loot, was that recovered as well?...

[jacko45k]

I want to know how he got from South Pattaya Big-C to Soi Yume so quickly... him and the police! Current traffic and road works makes that optimistic!

[sammieuk1]

Looks like one robber is surrounded by a mob of robbers in the photo????

[Cricky]

Is that gold thief a foreigner?

[Somtamnication]

Impressive........................acting.

[johng]

54 minutes ago, ezzra said:

what happened to the loot, was that recovered as well?.

You missed this important bit.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The staged robbery took place at the Aurora gold shop in Big C, South Pattaya yesterday afternoon. 

 

[petedk]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

So this is how they measure solving crimes here, how long it will take the case to get from to the storyboard and the photo opp session huh? also no mention as to what happened to the loot, was that recovered as well?...

There was no loot. The whole thing was staged, is how I understand it.

 

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The staged robbery took place at the Aurora gold shop in Big C, South Pattaya yesterday afternoon. 

 

Edited January 22, 2020 by petedk

[nausea]

Same as the guy with the red bag, a sop for the media and the public, cos they're floundering around with the real thing, for whatever reason.

[Leaver]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

also no mention as to what happened to the loot, was that recovered as well?...

It was a drill. 

 

It was not a real robbery, but everyone feels safer now.  ????

[Andrew Dwyer]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

But he also advised shops to close down by 9 pm.

 

This was because after that was a "risky time", he claimed. 

The Lopburi robbery was 8.44 pm so there goes that theory !!

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

The Lopburi robbery was 8.44 pm so there goes that theory !!

The clock in the shop was slow.

[Liverpudlian]

Keystone cops rule the day !

[Rimmer]

Off topic post and replies removed

[RotBenz8888]

3 hours ago, VYCM said:

Is that gold thief a foreigner?

It's Woody Harrelson!

[mickymouse1]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

So this is how they measure solving crimes here, how long it will take the case to get from to the storyboard and the photo opp session huh? also no mention as to what happened to the loot, was that recovered as well?...

Using our commonsense, the gold was still with the guy????after all he hasn't gone far!!

[mikebell]

Pattaya Plod are famous for staged robberies.  Check out the one at The Ambassador any day of the week + they've started an off-shoot branch on the Rot Fai road to inconvenience rush hour traffic to the maximum.

[30la]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The local force were conducting a drill to reassure shopkeepers, the public and tourists in the wake of the Lopburi gold shop heist after three people were shot and 500,000 baht of gold was stolen by a callous lone gunman.

Interesting to see if they are so fast in a real robbery!
You have to calculate the reaction time, wake up, finish watching the soap opera ... and, and, and ...????

[Cricky]

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

5 hours ago, VYCM said:

Is that gold thief a foreigner?

It's Woody Harrelson!

Bloody foreigners taking jobs away from Thais

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

In fact it was all over in 15 minutes from robbery to pictures for the press.

B.S is a slippery thing indeed!

[rwill]

Criminals were also urged to call the new 'Tell us in advance' hotline:  555

[ianezy0]

......

But he also advised shops to close down by 9 pm.

This was because after that was a "risky time", he claimed. 

 

Well thats it, home before 9pm for me.

Is that why almost all Happy Hours are before this time?

[Paul Henry]

What a lot of bull s!!!. A total waste of manpower and time. Hope they all got a warm fuzzy feeling! 

[DrTuner]

"Police I Love You" app.

 

There wouldn't happen to be an app for the other half of the yin-yang, would there? I suspect it would be more popular.

[Just Weird]

On 1/22/2020 at 9:16 AM, ezzra said:

On 1/22/2020 at 9:05 AM, webfact said:

n fact it was all over in 15 minutes from robbery to pictures for the press. 

So this is how they measure solving crimes here, how long it will take the case to get from to the storyboard and the photo opp session huh? also no mention as to what happened to the loot, was that recovered as well?...

There was no "loot", it was a staged drill.

Edit: ...as everyone else has pointed out already!

Edited January 23, 2020 by Just Weird

[KenKadz]

"Pol Lt-Col Nitthat Waenpradap said it had all gone according to plan"

What kind of "plan" do real gold shop robbers use?

[notasmartassknowitallfarag]

Photo op face saving result. 

 

The guy in Lopburi was a son of a cop so it took 2 weeks of behind the scenes ‘negotiations’ to see if they were ‘allowed’ arrest him.