Cops catch last suspects in Pattaya robbery of Chinese tourists

[webfact]

Remaining suspects from Pattaya robbery case caught, photo by The Pattaya News.

 

by Tara Abhasakun 

Cops caught all the last suspects involved in the robbery case targeting Chinese tourists in Pattaya on May 3. The arrests were made at a border location in Thailand’s eastern Sa Kaeo province.

 

Yesterday morning, Pattaya Police apprehended the three remaining suspects linked to the robbery. The individuals were identified as 31 year old Sarawut Suthaphot, the alleged mastermind behind the robbery, 26 year old Nakarin Sae Teo, and 27 year old Wanchai Kreedkrai.

The arrest took place near the natural border crossing point, near the Aranyaprathet Border Checkpoint, within the Khlong Luek sub-district of the Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province. The suspects were taken into custody along with firearms and some of the stolen belongings belonging to the Chinese victims.

 

During the investigation, all three suspects admitted to their involvement in the crime. They claimed that they mistakenly believed their targets were a group of wealthy Chinese businesspeople. However, upon carrying out the robbery, they discovered that the victims were ordinary Chinese tourists.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/cops-catch-last-suspects-in-pattaya-robbery-of-chinese-tourists

 

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[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

During the investigation, all three suspects admitted to their involvement in the crime. They claimed that they mistakenly believed their targets were a group of wealthy Chinese businesspeople. However, upon carrying out the robbery, they discovered that the victims were ordinary Chinese tourists.

Dumb, dumber and even dumber...

[mikebell]

There's one photo-cop (back left) not making the most of this opportunity for stardom.

[Pique Dard]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

They claimed that they mistakenly believed their targets were a group of wealthy Chinese businesspeople. However, upon carrying out the robbery, they discovered that the victims were ordinary Chinese tourists

this excuse deserves the nobel prize of genius

[Mr Meeseeks]

Hard to discern who the criminals were in that photo if it were not captioned.

[Mr Meeseeks]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

They claimed that they mistakenly believed their targets were a group of wealthy Chinese businesspeople. However, upon carrying out the robbery, they discovered that the victims were ordinary Chinese tourists.

Being wealthy is some sort of justification for these crimes? 

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

There's one photo-cop (back left) not making the most of this opportunity for stardom.

According to the reflection he's watching a programme calle nrop.