Four million baht, US 100K and gold found in "cardboard box" at Thai checkpoint

[webfact]

Picure: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that the Special Infantry Unit Department 4 investigating a pick-up truck at a checkpoint in Tak, northwest Thailand found a great cache of currency and gold in a cardboard box.

 

The officials were checking on an Isuzu that was carrying fruit at Tha Sai Luat on the border with Myanmar in Mae Sot.

 

A man placed a box by the pick-up and was stopped as he acted suspiciously.

 

In the box was 4,100,000 Thai baht, US $100,000 and five gold bars.

 

Ong Tu, a 27 year old Myanmar man, said he got it from a compatriot in Mae Sot and was told to put it there.

 

He is in custody and the currency and gold is in the hands of the Mae Sot police and customs. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Damn, there goes my loot, wonder how I can get it from the police said the cagey drug lord waiting in Bangkok.

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Ong Tu,

 

had the A U .. 

[Thomas J]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

In the box was 4,100,000 Thai baht, US $100,000 and five gold bars.

Not unusual.  Durian are in season right now and sell very well. 

[bunnydrops]

21 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Damn, there goes my loot, wonder how I can get it from the police said the cagey drug lord waiting in Bangkok.

You could try offering them half!

[IamNoone88]

Let me introduce Bitcoin ......... !!!

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

the currency and gold is in the hands of the Mae Sot police and customs

who are extremely happy

[Excel]

1 minute ago, klauskunkel said:

who are extremely happy

As will their mia nois be I expect

[RichardColeman]

I sure bet their was an discrete checkpoint staff conversation first

[foreverlomsak]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

the currency and gold is in the hands of the Mae Sot police and customs. 

not the property room?

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He is in custody and the currency and gold is in the hands of the Mae Sot police and customs.

Where it will remain for a while until investigations into it's origin are confirmed or the owner comes forward to claim it.

[nightfox]

Well somebody ain't eating Mama noodles for diner tonight that's for sure.

[Freigeist365]

I told that idiot at least twenty times to put my dough INSIDE some of the Durians! DAMN!!!! They never listen, do they?

[Freigeist365]

30 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Where it will remain for a while until investigations into it's origin are confirmed or the owner comes forward to claim it.

Basically, the stash HAS FOUND its (new) owners... Will never leave the station as a bundle, but in smaller packages. Some Mia Nois up there in Tak will be very pleased and give good service to their masters over the next few weeks...

Edited May 26, 2021 by Freigeist365

[thequietman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He is in custody and the currency and gold is in the hands of the Mae Sot police and customs. 

It's Party time - Why?  Cause they gotta. ????

[chalawaan]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

A man placed a box by the pick-up and was stopped as he acted suspiciously.

Great reporting! Such detail!

How the Fothergill does one "act suspiciously" anyhow,? By dressing like the freaking McD Hamburglar?

[bangon04]

What is missing is the photo of the police counting the banknotes to be sure how much is really there, and the photo of the policeman pointing at the bundles with a huge smile on his face....

[ChrisP24]

13 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

You could try offering them half!

 You mean half of what's left?