"May I take this?" says hapless gold shop robber before running out with 300K necklace - public make arrest

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported on a gold shop robbery that was soon resolved yesterday morning.

 

A staffer at the Mae Thongsuk Yaowarat gold shop on the first floor of Big C, Saphan Mai, northern Bangkok, by the name of Suriya Sukta, 40, said that just after opening time at 10 am a man had come in.

 

He wanted a gold bar but after being told they had none he was shown, and turned down, jewelry. 

 

He seemed like an ordinary customer and came back a second time and was shown 5 baht and 10 baht weight gold necklaces.

 

Suriya handed over a ten baht weight necklace - worth in the region of 300,000 baht - and saw that the man was getting excited and his hands were shaking.

 

Added to the fact that he had taken the best part of an hour to decide what to buy - most unusual - Suriya secretly beckoned to staff that something untoward may be about to happen.

 

It did.

 

The man said: "Phee phom khor na?' (may I have this?) and ran out with the ten baht necklace.

 

Siriya chased him and was assisted by a security guard and a member of the public in apprehending the thief in Pahonyothin Soi 50.

 

Surasak Siribun, 29, said he is a van driver and didn't have enough money. He has many problems not least of all a 100,000 baht online gambling debt.

 

He said that his girlfriend in Sakhon Nakhon had told him not to do anything rash but he saw no way out.

 

So he parked his van outside the nearby market and prepared to rob the gold shop.

 

He has been charged with robbery by the Bang Khen police and detained. 

 

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[Celsius]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Suriya handed over a ten baht weight necklace - worth in the region of 300,000 baht - and saw that the man was getting excited and his hands were shaking.

 

Added to the fact that he had taken the best part of an hour to decide what to buy

 

Wow.... just like my very first night in Thailand

[Iamfalang]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

100,000 baht online gambling debt.

gambling.....worst of the worst.     Bitcoin is gambling, and everybody loses.   He should have done some TikTok dancing and that 100,000 debt would be gone in a few videos.    Influencers are making 60 million USD a year, come on people....no need to rob gold stores!!!  

[wombat]

5 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

Wow.... just like my very first night in Thailand

 

 

Edited September 6, 2022 by wombat

[marcho]

I am afraid it will only get worse. The Thai people are getting more desperate. The poor are suffering, its not shown on the media.

[kidneyw]

9 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

 He should have done some TikTok dancing and that 100,000 debt would be gone in a few videos.    Influencers are making 60 million USD a year, come on people....no need to rob gold stores!!!  

Also Onlyfans which is more fun.

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that his girlfriend in Sakhon Nakhon had told him not to do anything rash but he saw no way out.

Maybe she'll find a new partner, one with brains and not a gambling addiction.

[brianthainess]

Gambling, the scourge of so many problems that seems very prevalent in Thailand, They borrow money from loan sharks to keep gambling and it spirals out of control, in my experience women here are the worst offenders.