Daring Daylight Heist: Over 50 Baht of Gold Stolen in Minutes

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In a brazen daylight robbery, a lone suspect targeted a bustling shopping mall in Chiang Mai, absconding with more than 50 baht weight of gold, worth nearly two million baht, from a busy gold shop.

 

The incident, which unfolded swiftly at about 11:40 AM, saw a tall, lean male dressed in a black long-sleeve shirt and mask skillfully evade security measures at a popular shopping center.

 

The suspect blitzed the store, quickly accumulating a substantial haul primarily consisting of 10-baht weight gold necklaces, escaping within a remarkable 1 minute and 40 seconds, leaving staff and shoppers in shock.

 

Authorities, spearheaded by Pol. Maj. Gen. Weerachon Boontawee and Pol. Maj. Gen. Tawatchai Pongvivattanachai, were promptly at the scene, sifting through CCTV footage that captured the dramatic heist, reported TNA-MCOT.

 

Investigators believe the theft was elaborately planned, evidenced by the precise nature and rapid execution of the robbery.

 

They stressed that the suspect had likely surveyed the mall multiple times before hitting the gold shop.

 

The ongoing investigation focuses on tracking the white sedan used as the getaway car, last seen heading towards the Chiang Mai-Lampang roadway. Authorities are appealing to the public for any information that could lead to the swift capture of the suspect. 

 

Picture courtesy: TNA-MCOT

 

-- 2024-07-09

 

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[hotchilli]

Quite the haul.... seems police have little to go on.. 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Ask the person with the stopwatch for an eyewitness statement.

[john donson]

see them crooked men in brown once and a while visit the gold shop, guess it is to collect for ahum.... protection... most gold heists they seem to find who it did quickly... not like a report of abuse or rape

[novacova]

“Progress on the 26-year-old criminal who tricked an app car into killing him, stole his car, and stole gold. The plan was made months in advance. The motive was revealed to be copying a game and family problems.”

 

Translated from:

https://www.chiangmainews.co.th/news/3368002/
 

CM108 also posted an article about this.

 

The only two sources of reliable local news in these here parts.

[brianthainess]

These gold shops should have an outside window to make robbing them easier, instead of just inside the doors, the robbers could then just pull up on their motorbikes to rob them....................

Sarcasm mode off.

[JeffersLos]

I thought that he murdered the taxi guy, dumped the body up a mountain, escaped, has been caught and is in custody all before this robbery news story has been posted here.