Gold shop robbery in Tesco Lotus Phitsanulok - told staff he was getting engaged

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Police in Muang district of Phitsanulok in northern Thailand are investigating after a man ran off with two gold necklaces weighing seven baht worth 183,050 baht.

 

Staffers at the Wang Toh Kang Yaowarat shop in the Khok Chang branch of Tesco Lotus were in a state of shock, reported Daily News.

 

A man aged about 30 dressed in black with mask and hood had been in and out of the shop three times between 1pm and the robbery at 3pm.

 

He said he was buying "his and hers" necklace items for his engagement. He had been in phone contact with a woman while he was deciding what to buy.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

He had looked at ten baht necklaces then 8,7, 5 and two baht weight. While staffers had their back turned he ran off with two necklaces and fled the area on a motorcycle parked out front.

 

Staffers Kanokporn, 24, and Jariya, 25, thought the man was genuine and was not a career criminal but an opportunist. He appeared agitated and nervous.

 

They called for him to turn himself in and return the gold for their sakes as well as his. 

 

Muang district police are investigating. 

 

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[SiamRead]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

They called for him to turn himself in and return the gold for their sakes as well as his

Biggest joke of the Covid-19 era ????

[bluesofa]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

Staffers Kanokporn, 24, and Jariya, 25, thought the man was genuine and was not a career criminal but an opportunist. He appeared agitated and nervous.

He appears to have got a good haul. Probably nervous where he was going to spend his ill-gotten gains.

 

Edited May 3, 2021 by bluesofa

[Surelynot]

......told staff he was getting engaged....Oh ....how sweet is that?

[Dmaxdan]

I think the only engagement he can look forward to now is one behind bars. 

[Surelynot]

1 minute ago, Dmaxdan said:

I think the only engagement he can look forward to now is one behind bars. 

Gold ones?

[anchadian]

15 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

......told staff he was getting engaged....Oh ....how sweet is that?

And also the first clue.

[SiamRead]

1 hour ago, Dmaxdan said:

I think the only engagement he can look forward to now is one behind bars. 

But most of the bars are closed ????

[khunPer]

Downside of sin sod...????

[klauskunkel]

Quote

told staff he was getting engaged

there's a new fiancée waiting for you...

[Justgrazing]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

A man aged about 30 dressed in black with mask and hood

 

And necklace said to hood 

" I'll hang around while you go on a head " .. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

They called for him to turn himself in and return the gold for their sakes as well as his. 

I wonder why for their sake?

I hope the gold shop is not holding them responsible for the theft?

[rwill]

Maybe they will get lucky and he will bring them back tomorrow and try to sell them.

[mrfill]

Can't be many shops that would hand over 183,050 bahts worth of stuff without keeping an eye on the goods.

 

However.....

[RJRS1301]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder why for their sake?

I hope the gold shop is not holding them responsible for the theft?

Yep, thats how it works

 

[shy coconut]

12 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder why for their sake?

I hope the gold shop is not holding them responsible for the theft?

If a nervous looking guy had been in and out of the shop 3 times , was given 7baht 

of gold and then they both turned their backs on him allowing him to let it, who else 

would be responsible?

 

It doesn't sound like force or threats were used in this case.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, shy coconut said:

If a nervous looking guy had been in and out of the shop 3 times , was given 7baht 

of gold and then they both turned their backs on him allowing him to let it, who else 

would be responsible?

 

It doesn't sound like force or threats were used in this case.

I take your point of view that the girls could have been a little more aware of what was going on, but they are not in charge of security of the gold shop or it's contents... that's very much up to the shop.

As for profiling customers that's not in their training either.

[Excel]

28 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I take your point of view that the girls could have been a little more aware of what was going on, but they are not in charge of security of the gold shop or it's contents... that's very much up to the shop.

As for profiling customers that's not in their training either.

Nor is spending 95% of the time on their smartphones whilst working either in their training. In an old fashioned world  paying attention to your customers used to be paramount.

[hotchilli]

33 minutes ago, Excel said:

Nor is spending 95% of the time on their smartphones whilst working either in their training. In an old fashioned world  paying attention to your customers used to be paramount.

Purely speculative on your part regarding their behaviour.

 No female staffer in a gold shop is going to do anything to stop a robber... the shop should have adequate security in place and in the case of theft I'm sure they should have insurance cover.

[Hayduke]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Police in Muang district of Phitsanulok in northern Thailand are investigating after a man ran off with two gold necklaces weighing seven baht worth 183,050 baht.

 

 

A crafty criminal like this no doubt made careful getaway plans…they’ll probably find him hiding under the bed at Mommy’s house.

 

 

[RocketDog]

On 5/3/2021 at 3:43 PM, Justgrazing said:

 

And necklace said to hood 

" I'll hang around while you go on a head " .. 

Your mind must be a hot mess! ???????? Nobody comes up with this stuff that fast. 

[thequietman]

I'm looking to move a coupla gold necklaces. Wife says she doesn't want them any more.

 

Anyone interested?  Cash only. ????

[bluesofa]

23 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

On 5/3/2021 at 3:43 PM, Justgrazing said:

 

And necklace said to hood 

" I'll hang around while you go on a head " .. 

Your mind must be a hot mess! ???????? Nobody comes up with this stuff that fast. 

Well some'body' did.