Korat gold shop robber arrested: He pretended to limp to fool cops and planned to open a ganja farm

[webfact]

Amarin Thai  Caption: He pretended to be a limping robber

 

Amarin TV reported on the arrest of a fourth year student at a well known university in Nakhon Ratchasima who robbed the Saengmanee gold shop on Jomphol Road in downtown Korat last Wednesday.

 

He got away with just over 150,000 baht's worth of gold, five baht weight, but his elaborate plan soon unravelled.

 

He was named as 24 year old Pornthep. His relatives called him a "naughty boy who needs to face up to what he did".

 

Picture: Amarin TV

 

Amarin is a media well known for going into every last detail of a crime and did just that in this extensive report. 

 

Pornthep has admitted what he did.

 

Firstly he drove his motorcycle to a fishing pond called Hua Thalay where he stole a motorcycle to use in the robbery.

 

After brandishing what he claimed was a fake gun at staff in the shop and making off with the loot he dumped his clothes, the stolen bike and other items at the Suranaree University of Technology. 

 

The gun was put in the trash on the way he later claimed.

 

From the uni he went back in a Grab taxi to the fish pond where he retrieved his own bike.

 

He was later arrested after going home.

 

Picture: Amarin TV

 

Four of the items of gold were recovered intact and the suspect had tried to melt down the fifth as a "trial".

 

He has been charged with armed robbery and theft of a motorcycle.

 

Police said he came up with the plan in a single day and executed it immediately.

 

They disputed the idea that he had financial worries as he hadn't tried to sell the gold straight away.

 

They said he was going to use the cash to start a marijuana farm. 

 

The limp that was seen on CCTV was just to try and fool the police.

 

Amarin also spoke to a relative of the robber who said he was a naughty boy. They had no excuses for him and he needed to man up to what he'd done and face the consequences.

 

They confirmed he had never spoken of financial problems.

 

The staff at the gold shop expressed relief and were happy now that the perp had been caught and were glad to get back the gold even if some of it had been damaged.

 

 

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[ezzra]

Another day another idiot who wanted short cut to riches although Ganja farm wasn't going to make him one, all in all, not bad for a country with 70+million citizens to have so few robberies...

[kotsak]

"pretended to limp"

 

Keyser Söze ????

 

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said he came up with the plan in a single day and executed it immediately.

Plan B ?

Okay no plan.

[steven100]

yes that's right  .....   he's a naughty boy '    ????    he needs a good smack on the bottom.