Police have arrested four British nationals in connection with the robbery of a safe containing 2 million baht in Pattaya. The suspects were detained following coordinated operations by Nong Prue Police Station, Region 2 investigators, Chonburi provincial police and immigration officers. All four remain in custody and deny the charge of jointly committing robbery.

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The arrests were confirmed on 1 March 2026 after police obtained warrants from Pattaya Provincial Court for the four British suspects. Those named under the warrants are Palmer Jermaine, 20, who was arrested at Padang Besar immigration checkpoint in Sadao district, Songkhla; Christopher Eranse, 38, detained at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok while allegedly preparing to leave Thailand and Tyhull Michael Campbell Junior, 32, arrested at a hotel in Prakhon Chai district, Buriram.

The fourth suspect, Garrett Brandon, 27, was apprehended at a resort near the railway road in Nong Prue. Police said CCTV footage showed the group leaving the resort prior to the robbery, suggesting it was used as a planning location. Officers later searched the room used and found Brandon inside, before taking him in for questioning regarding his alleged involvement.

Investigators confirmed that all four suspects have been charged with “jointly committing robbery”. During initial questioning, they denied the allegations and provided statements described by police as unhelpful to the case. Officers have separated the suspects for further interrogation and placed them in separate holding cells.

Police stated they are confident that evidence gathered will support legal proceedings against all four men. Further details are expected to be confirmed by Pol Lt Gen Chatchai Surachetphong, Commissioner of Provincial Police Region 2, who is due later to hold a press briefing to formally summarise the case.

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Welcome to Thailand boys. Enjoy your stay. It's going to be a long one.

Can't wait to see pictures of the suspects. Over and under on the tattoos???

So if all four Brits, now is separate cells, continue to give unhelpful information they may all go free, but if one of them cracks first then he could still go to Thai prison but for not near as long as the others. But if he stays quiet and one of his mates confesses, then he gets a long prison sentence.

What do you do in that situation?

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20 minutes ago, davb said:

So if all four Brits, now is separate cells, continue to give unhelpful information they may all go free, but if one of them cracks first then he could still go to Thai prison but for not near as long as the others. But if he stays quiet and one of his mates confesses, then he gets a long prison sentence.

What do you do in that situation?

Don't commit the crime in the first place!

I suspect a tidy sum of this 2 million baht will go to paying for this very fast investigation......

If the sum of money had been 200,000 or 20,000 baht, I think this investigation would have been very different..

surely the victims can id these scumbags, wasn't it reported they met through attending some weed shop, also one of them looks to be quite tall 6"8 and of african/middle eastern origins - can't many fitting that description around pattaya - oh that's right there one locked up in a police holding cell lol

Did they recover much or even any of the money?

Just like the idiots in the movie 'Snatch'. It's going to cost more than 500k each to get out of the mess. They stand out like sore thumbs in Asia, and one of them is 6'8"? Blimey, England really does send their best and brightest over here.

1 hour ago, smedly said:

african/middle eastern origins

Apparently holding British passports!

12 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Welcome to Thailand boys. Enjoy your stay. It's going to be a long one.

Quite impressed by what the police have achieved here!

I think the nit wit brits are now in first place ahead of even the russians for acts of stupidity. So which country would hold the number 3 spot?

Can all the armchair detectives now apologise to the victim's girlfriend - "inside job", "she will have set it up", "she's arranged it", "obviously the girlfriend" why not wait for evidence before immediately Thai bashing?

On 3/1/2026 at 8:52 PM, Gottfrid said:

Apparently holding British passports!

For you that is all the evidence that is needed.

6 hours ago, saintdomingo said:

For you that is all the evidence that is needed.

Nah, not really, but it was just a comment in line with the one I quoted. I think it was same as trying to post that they had African/Middle Eastern origins.

Nothing of it really matters. The proven nationality that is stated in your passport matters.

On 3/2/2026 at 1:55 PM, foxboy said:

Can all the armchair detectives now apologise to the victim's girlfriend - "inside job", "she will have set it up", "she's arranged it", "obviously the girlfriend" why not wait for evidence before immediately Thai bashing?

Right! I don´t know. Looks like the people on this forum only has come to Thailand to look down on Thai people. It would be much better they leave, and go to a country with a population they can accept and love. They are just a bitter bunch! Probably trying to hack in on a too small pension, and now realizing it´s not enough to make them look like kings in Thailand.