A brazen thief in Nakhon Ratchasima left a local school in a predicament after stealing sacks of paddy rice intended for student lunches. The theft occurred at Baan Nong Wa En School in Bua Yai district, where the culprit broke into the school’s rice storage, making off nearly half of the stockpiled rice.

 

The incident was discovered by Wanmanee Thongprom, an assistant janitor at Baan Nong Waen School. He revealed that the stolen rice was meant to be milled for school lunch for the students. Upon opening the storage, he was shocked to find nearly half of the hundred sacks of stored rice missing.

 

A swift inspection of the area revealed the traces of an unknown number of perpetrators. They had used a cutter to remove the zinc ceiling of the storage and snuck away with the rice. Footprints were left behind as the thief climbed over the school wall to make their escape, leaving a trail of scattered rice from a likely torn sack, reported KhaoSod.

 

The stolen rice was part of a school lunch initiative for the students, contributed by the parents as a food fund complemented by government-provided meal support. The theft of numerous sacks of rice has thus posed a significant challenge to this endeavour.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Picture courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-09-28

 

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They should sack the security guard.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Footprints were left behind as the thief climbed over the school wall to make their escape, leaving a trail of scattered rice

Child or Adult size foot prints? 

Assuming these were 30 kilo sacks andv45 were stolen the thieves 'snuck away' with 1300 kilos and climbed over a wall. I hope police are not looking for motorcycle tracks.????

On 9/28/2023 at 6:31 PM, Chris Daley said:

They should sack the security guard.

There is likely an empty sack nearby.