Gold shop robbery in Ayutthaya - thief flees with 70 baht in gold after putting down fake pipe bomb

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Sanook Thai Caption: Lone gold shop robber

 

Sanook reported on an armed gold shop robbery at a shop in Lotus, Sena in the province of Ayutthaya late yesterday morning.

 

A large man dressed in black had fired a shot at a display case causing two staffers at the store to flee out back.

 

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He then stole 70 baht weight in gold worth more than 2 million baht.

 

As he fled the store he placed a PVC pipe bomb with a watch timer at the entrance  to the store.

 

77kaoded said this was to delay the police response. An employee at the Mall picked it up and threw it into undergrowth. It was later proven to be fake.

 

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The assailant fled on a Fino motorcycle in the direction of Bang Len.

 

A terrified staffer called Patcharin, 38, told how she and a colleague had heard the man shout "This is a robbery" before he fired his weapon. 

 

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Police and forensics were on the scene that had been sealed off. 
 

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[daveAustin]

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"thief flees with 70 baht in gold"

Bet he spent more on the fake bomb 

 

yes, I know it means by weight

[ezzra]

Not to worry, those dufuses petty criminals always get caught in a day or two...

[steven100]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

An employee at the Mall picked it up and threw it into undergrowth

well that trick worked well    !!    Not ... 

[ujayujay]

2 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Bet he spent more on the fake bomb 

 

yes, I know it means by weight

For the Clueless????: 1 Baht gold is 825 EUR

[RichardColeman]

Odds on a 'gambling debts or loan shark' story tomorrow ? 

[ikke1959]

Stop with showing therese robberies.. It will get worse as people can see how asily it can be done and how much gold they steal... Don't talk about the money and stop showing it in TV and newspapers...

[hotchilli]

I wonder why these gold shops within malls are not more enclosed... the ones in my local Big C are not even glazed with a door to enter?

Completely open to the public.

[brianthainess]

On 11/6/2022 at 6:18 AM, hotchilli said:

I wonder why these gold shops within malls are not more enclosed... the ones in my local Big C are not even glazed with a door to enter?

Completely open to the public.

And most are near the entrance easy to make a quick get-away.