Empty hotel on Koh Samui ransacked, 70 million baht in valuables stolen

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Police on Koh Samui, in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, are holding three suspects in custody, on intrusion and theft charges, after they allegedly broke into an unoccupied hotel and stole about 70 million baht worth of property.

 

Police have seized several hand tools, including oxy acetylene torches, cordless drills and hammers, from a house on the resort island. After questioning the three suspects, two men and a woman, police searched a construction worker’s camp in Bo Phut sub-district and found metal sheets, roofing structures and teakwood window frames, thought to have been stolen from the hotel, and one six-wheel truck.

 

The owner of the land, which was rented to an investor to build and operate the hotel for 30 years from 1990, said that the hotel was built at cost of about 400 million baht. After the contract expired in 2020, she did not, however, extend the contract, but the hotel was closed due to COVID-19.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/empty-hotel-on-koh-samui-ransacked-70-million-baht-in-valuables-stolen/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-09-06

 

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The person made his money over 30 yrs,covid  made his decision to leave.Just a business deal  they wanted to end