Video: Gold shop robbery in Lamphun - recycling factory owner surrenders to police

[webfact]

Picture: 77kaoded

 

A video published by 77kaoded showed the moments when two armed men robbed the Narisara gold shop in the Chatuchak market in Lamphun, northern Thailand on Sunday.

 

The men grabbed 8 trays of jewelry from behind the counter escaping in a white pick-up with no plate.

 

Their haul was 50 baht weight of gold (worth about 1.5 million baht).

 

But they were soon traced to a recycling factory 5 kilometers away in Pasak sub-district where some of the gold and weapons were found.

 

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Suphakorn, the owner of the factory, is in custody after surrendering to police. His accomplice remains at large. 

 

The media suggested that the reason for the robbery was because the owner was in debt.

 

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[connda]

I don't know why people hit gold shops.  This is like the third heist in as many months up here in Lamphun and the cops always catch the robbers. 

[PJ71]

2 hours ago, connda said:

I don't know why people hit gold shops.  This is like the third heist in as many months up here in Lamphun and the cops always catch the robbers. 

Look at the lack of security, it's an easy target.

 

Getting away with it is another thing altogether due to stupidity and grasses mainly.

[MisterTee]

2 hours ago, connda said:

I don't know why people hit gold shops.  This is like the third heist in as many months up here in Lamphun and the cops always catch the robbers. 

Willie Sutton's classic response, "Because that's where the money is"  when asked why he robbed banks would seem to apply to gold shops in Thailand as well.

Edited April 25, 2022 by MisterTee

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The media suggested that the reason for the robbery was because the owner was in debt.

And now in the <deleted>.

[Mickeem]

7 hours ago, PJ71 said:

10 hours ago, connda said:

I don't know why people hit gold shops.  This is like the third heist in as many months up here in Lamphun and the cops always catch the robbers. 

Look at the lack of security, it's an easy target.

 

Getting away with it is another thing altogether due to stupidity and grasses mainly.

Yes get caught so quickly as the morons forget that all Thai urban streets are covered by CCTV

 

 

[JeffersLos]

11 hours ago, connda said:

I don't know why people hit gold shops. 

They don't around Hua Hin. 

 

They do farang's houses instead. ????

[heybruce]

What is a baht weight of gold?

[metisdead]

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

What is a baht weight of gold?

 

 

One Baht equals 15.244 g. Standard purity of Thai gold is 96.5%. 

https://www.legal.co.th/resources/thailand-real-estate-property-law/title/thai-gold-what-weight-and-measure-baht/

[TooPoopedToPop]

On 4/25/2022 at 1:31 PM, MisterTee said:

Willie Sutton's classic response, "Because that's where the money is"  when asked why he robbed banks would seem to apply to gold shops in Thailand as well.

Just what Thailand needs... a Willie Sutton to show them how it's done.

[heybruce]

21 hours ago, metisdead said:

 

 

One Baht equals 15.244 g. Standard purity of Thai gold is 96.5%. 

https://www.legal.co.th/resources/thailand-real-estate-property-law/title/thai-gold-what-weight-and-measure-baht/

Thanks.  Just a shade under a half a Troy ounce. 

[BritManToo]

Holy poop, I know this guy.

Him and his wife have been round my home.

My family visited his home.

 

Really nice guy, always polite, bought me dinner many times.

Asked my woman why I'd not seen him in a while.

She said he's in jail and pointed me to this story.

Edited May 19, 2022 by BritManToo