Building contractor returns home - everything is stolen and car is just a lump of old metal

[webfact]

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported that a 61 year old building contractor in Lopburi, central Thailand, returned to her home to find thieves had stolen everything since she was away.

 

A car had been stripped down to its bare bones - it seemed easier to just have stolen it. 

 

Sudaporn Thepchartree had been away from her property for a month doing some work in Chonburi.

 

When she returned on Monday she got a terrible shock.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The house in Khok Samrong sub-district on Pahonyothin Road (Route 1) had padlocks removed. 

 

The house was a complete mess with four air conditioners, TV, two fridges, fitness equipment and a motorcycle all stolen. 

 

Parts of the roof, doors, gates and other items had simply been stripped from the house. 

 

But there was worse in a carport area - a car was just a shell. Everything had been stripped from the vehicle that looked like it had been involved in a terrible crash. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

The CCTV was not working after a power cut. The owner was too busy to fix it.

 

Police captain Phayap Runghuaphai of the Khok Samrong police was called yesterday to investigate.

 

A video published by 77kaoded as well as many still pictures showed the devastation that greeted the owner on her return from Chonburi. 

 

 

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[smedly]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Sudaporn Thepchartree had been away from her property for a month doing some work in Chonburi.

seems someone was aware

[kotsak]

[brianthainess]

And no one heard or saw anything. Home build gone wrong ?

[Denim]

No nearby neighbors to notice all this removal ?

[BostonRob2]

That's nothing - you should see what they do to parked cars in Liverpool on Anfield match days.

 

Rooster

[cnx101]

And I left all my belongings, motorcycle, computer clothes in my apartment in DaNang for two years while I was locked out over Covid and the owner wouldn’t take any money from me for rent while I wasn’t there, and when I returned last April everything was as I’d left it.

[pgrahmm]

My wife is from central Thailand.....

Her family has 8ft walls around their 2 Rai + they have to hire somebody to house sit any time they leave to travel....

One of the reasons I wanted NO part of living there...

I have no doubt the same would fate would have happened to us during some of our extended travels once it was noticed the farang was away....

[steven100]

7 hours ago, cnx101 said:

And I left all my belongings, motorcycle, computer clothes in my apartment in DaNang for two years while I was locked out over Covid and the owner wouldn’t take any money from me for rent while I wasn’t there, and when I returned last April everything was as I’d left it.

agree ...thai people are not the same as Vietnamese. thiefs everywhere.

[steven100]

19 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

My wife is from central Thailand.....

Her family has 8ft walls around their 2 Rai + they have to hire somebody to house sit any time they leave to travel....

One of the reasons I wanted NO part of living there...

I have no doubt the same would fate would have happened to us during some of our extended travels once it was noticed the farang was away....

exactly ....  who in their right mind would leave a house for a week traveling ....  NEVER ever in Thailand.  lowlifes.

[japeriwa]

Are Thais born thieves or what is the problem?

[jaywalker]

Mayhaps she built a house for the thieves in the past and only installed half roof and forgot to install the AC units?

[it is what it is]

9 hours ago, cnx101 said:

And I left all my belongings, motorcycle, computer clothes in my apartment in DaNang for two years while I was locked out over Covid and the owner wouldn’t take any money from me for rent while I wasn’t there, and when I returned last April everything was as I’d left it.

 

same here, apartment in bangkok, owner took are of all my stuff, i emailed every six months to remind, everything was waiting for me.

[lanng khao]

10 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

That's nothing - you should see what they do to parked cars in Liverpool on Anfield match days.

 

Rooster

Most Liverpool fans fly to the game...

[RayWright]

Then scallies will take anything that moves...

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, Denim said:

No nearby neighbors to notice all this removal ?

Maybe it was the neighbours?

[pgrahmm]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe it was the neighbours?

That's a real possibly....I used to live between 3 villages....

I had two big ponds that we kept good sized, home grown fish....We also had a husband & wife team....She took care of the house & he overlooked the 9 Rai & provided security....

We came back from a trip & I noticed that only the small fingerling fish remained.....

NOBODY KNEW ANYTHING......

Somebody had to get past locked gated or walk across 5 Rai to get to those ponds.....

Any inquiries fell on deaf ears....

Somebody had a hell of a fish fry & everybody knew but us.....

Not much of a real loss - but a very big lesson....

 

When my wife and I were out house hunting, I passed on a few beautiful homes that would/could have left us extremely vulnerable and in the same situation....

 

Open season....

[jwest10]

22 hours ago, smedly said:

seems someone was aware

A very distant relative and yes they do thieve monies too and lie through their teeth stating it was a gift and not a loan and foul mouth members of the family.
Yes even Thai families.

[jwest10]

14 hours ago, japeriwa said:

Are Thais born thieves or what is the problem?

Sadly not just them good and bad everywhere for sure.

[Old Croc]

3 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

That's a real possibly....I used to live between 3 villages....

I had two big ponds that we kept good sized, home grown fish....We also had a husband & wife team....She took care of the house & he overlooked the 9 Rai & provided security....

We came back from a trip & I noticed that only the small fingerling fish remained.....

NOBODY KNEW ANYTHING......

Somebody had to get past locked gated or walk across 5 Rai to get to those ponds.....

Any inquiries fell on deaf ears....

Somebody had a hell of a fish fry & everybody knew but us.....

Not much of a real loss - but a very big lesson....

 

When my wife and I were out house hunting, I passed on a few beautiful homes that would/could have left us extremely vulnerable and in the same situation....

 

Open season....

We had a similar situation on an unsupervised property where the wife had stocked a pond with abut 2000 fingerlings and fed them until they were edible size.

It became apparent someone was plundering them on a large scale and eventually a friend who lived nearby caught them at it. He was reluctant to tell her because the thieves were the village druggies and known for violence.  It seems they were processing and selling our fish in local markets.

We fenced the pond off at great cost (to me), but the thefts continued. Eventually we drained it, caught most of the stock that were left (600+) and transferred them to the pond near our house (as I suggested in the beginning). The S/heads have to steal from elsewhere.  

[lanng khao]

10 hours ago, RayWright said:

Then scallies will take anything that moves...

Shouldn't laugh at you besmerching our great city but Im a blue so il give you that one ..

[Burma Bill]

On 11/16/2022 at 9:10 AM, webfact said:

The CCTV was not working after a power cut. The owner was too busy to fix it.

 

Well I never!!!!

[worgeordie]

But ...did they leave the kitchen sink ,

regards Worgeordie