webfact Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe 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. -- © Copyright ASEAN NOW 2022-04-25 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information AA.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ71 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterTee Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) 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 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeem Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 What is a baht weight of gold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooPoopedToPop Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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