Chonburi Overrun with Thieves! Cat Burglar Steals Businesswoman's Gate Twice

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Picture courtesy: Daily News

 

A brazen gang of burglars has targeted a Chonburi businesswoman's home twice, stealing over 500,000 baht worth of items, including the stainless-steel front gate. Locals complain about the rampant crime, likening it to being as common as mosquitoes.

 

On 24th February, Deputy Inspector Ongart Thumsud from Nong Prue Police Station received a report of theft at a property in Nong Prue, Bang Lamung District. Upon arrival, officers found the site, a nearly 300-square-wah, two-storey house under renovation, missing its large stainless-steel front gate. Windows had been smashed, and electrical wiring throughout the house was stripped.

 

Owner Ms. Silarat Cha-um, a businesswoman from Si Racha, recounted that she purchased the house as a holiday home. During a recent visit with her husband, she discovered the gate wide open and the padlock cut. In addition to the front gate, thieves made off with sliding stainless-steel doors, over 20 stainless-steel railing bars, aluminium sliding windows, and electrical wires.

This wasn't the first incident. Shortly after acquiring the property last year, perpetrators had already stripped the house of electrical wiring and appliances, with damages from both cases totalling over 500,000 baht. Ms. Silarat has urged police to patrol vulnerable areas more vigilantly, as the neighbourhood suffers frequent thefts with little success in catching the culprits.

 

CCTV from a neighbouring house revealed two individuals loading the stolen gate into a green pick-up truck on the afternoon of 22nd February, brazenly disregarding the law in broad daylight. Investigations are underway to apprehend those involved.

 

Residents of Nong Prue have voiced concerns to the national police, highlighting that Nong Prue Police Station covers an area of 124.5 square kilometres with only 83 officers. In contrast, the Pattaya City Police Station and Bang Lamung Police Station, with far fewer responsibilities, are staffed with approximately 400 and 200 officers, respectively. They hope for improved security measures to address the high crime rate in their area, reported Daily News.

 

-- 2025-02-24

 

 

[Gsxrnz]

Cat Burglars are supposed to shimmy up chateau drain-pipes and steal priceless jewelry without being detected, leaving the police totally baffled.

 

A pair of Som-Chai's nicking a gate and copper wire, then loading their loot into a pickup truck in full view of a surveillance camera just doesn't cut it. 

 

Muppet Burglars is a more apt description. 

[MikeandDow]

And the RTP are Doing there Job !!  NOT !