ATM Dumped Near Pattaya Following 4.3 million Baht Robbery In Rayong

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ATM dumped near Pattaya following 4.3 Million Baht robbery in Rayong

PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of last Friday morning the theft of a Bank of Ayudhya ATM Machine took place in Rayong Province. The ATM was taken by around 5 men who placed it in the back of a Blue Truck. Since then, Police have been searching for the ATM which is known to have contained 4.3 Million Baht. On Sunday Afternoon, Khun Chana aged 35, the owner of a Tapioca Field in Huoy Yai reported the discovery of a damaged ATM in one of his fields. Close to the main machine, the empty cash boxes were also found.

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-- Pattaya One 2010-08-30

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[Tokay]

That seems like a lot of money to keep inside of the ATMs. Read another story where a guy stole 8m baht.

This also gives the Thai banks an excellent reason to jack up ATM fees for falang another 100 baht. :-)

Edited August 30, 2010 by Tokay

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The so called "forensic" team were inspecting the machine for fingerprints with no gloves on..... hmmmm http://www.pattayaone.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/30_08_53_2_6.jpg

[Xircal]

The so called "forensic" team were inspecting the machine for fingerprints with no gloves on..... hmmmm http://www.pattayaon...0_08_53_2_6.jpg

They're probably the ones who nicked it in the first place.

[lebelge]

The so called "forensic" team were inspecting the machine for fingerprints with no gloves on..... hmmmm http://www.pattayaon...0_08_53_2_6.jpg

They're probably the ones who nicked it in the first place.

Now now, please give them some credit, they would have at least buried it

[creck]

"taken by around 5 men " When the Irish do this ; they use a digger and take most of the wall too! news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8438508.stm

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"taken by around 5 men " When the Irish do this ; they use a digger and take most of the wall too! news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8438508.stm

Dis one you mean, ah beejasus, true Oirish!

"a Bank of Ireland branch in Main Street, Keady, County Armagh, was rammed with a digger shortly after 0300 GMT. However, the ATM was buried in the rubble and the thieves were unable to remove it."

[creck]

"taken by around 5 men " When the Irish do this ; they use a digger and take most of the wall too! news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8438508.stm

When the Irish do this; they use a digger and take most of the wall too!

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8312981.stm

Sorry; wrong reference before - maybe a better comment would be, they have started to use diggers!

[HunkeyDorey]

Dis one you mean, ah beejasus, true Oirish!

"a Bank of Ireland branch in Main Street, Keady, County Armagh, was rammed with a digger shortly after 0300 GMT. However, the ATM was buried in the rubble and the thieves were unable to remove it."

Well!!................................There ye ar now. Twon't be long sooon. That's the way with some and more with others.

Hunkey Dorey.

[djinn]

In Belgium,last year,2 clever east european country citizens did the same with some explosives.

Nice result:no more bank,no more thiefs.firefighters found them under the bank walls.....

Immediate justice

[moe666]

I think the Irish need to take a few lessons from the Thais on robbing ATMs. The probaly had a gut of ale and thoughr it would be a good thing to do.

[tropo]

That seems like a lot of money to keep inside of the ATMs. Read another story where a guy stole 8m baht.

This also gives the Thai banks an excellent reason to jack up ATM fees for falang another 100 baht. :-)

It's pretty dumb reporting the amount of money the robbers netted. It'll give would be robbers more incentive to zero in on ATMs. I don't know about other countries, but in Australia they never report how much money bank robbers etc get away with.

[cushendall]

I think the Irish need to take a few lessons from the Thais on robbing ATMs. The probaly had a gut of ale and thoughr it would be a good thing to do.

The irish joke's are the best,are'nt they. But do you know why the joke's are so stupid?, the english would'nt understand otherwise.

[craigt3365]

In Belgium,last year,2 clever east european country citizens did the same with some explosives.

Nice result:no more bank,no more thiefs.firefighters found them under the bank walls.....

Immediate justice

I think these guys should be nominated for the Darwin Awards!

[asiawatcher]

All Irish aside - the Thai's were successful and got the haul but sooner or later someone will hear of their exploits, cop a payday for ratting on them and nail them. How the hel_l they can pick up an ATM at all is a bit beyond my abilities to fathom - they are heavy and cumbersome and this is not something that can be done in a few minutes - so take they are professional and educated in the ways the ATM is attached to the floor and wall. Interesting...

[tropo]

All Irish aside - the Thai's were successful and got the haul but sooner or later someone will hear of their exploits, cop a payday for ratting on them and nail them. How the hel_l they can pick up an ATM at all is a bit beyond my abilities to fathom - they are heavy and cumbersome and this is not something that can be done in a few minutes - so take they are professional and educated in the ways the ATM is attached to the floor and wall. Interesting...

I don't think 5 men would have too much trouble picking up an ATM. Now that the whole country knows they can contain over 4 million baht more of them may go walkabout.

It's probably time for someone to develop a tamper device which sprays ink or acid over the bills and renders them unusable if the cash box is broken into - and make this well known to all ATM users and robbers. Another idea would be to put a GPS locator inside ATMs so they can be tracked...or how about explosives which can be remotely detonated.

Edited August 31, 2010 by tropo

[Wombat6]

The so called "forensic" team were inspecting the machine for fingerprints with no gloves on..... hmmmm http://www.pattayaon...0_08_53_2_6.jpg

They're probably the ones who nicked it in the first place.

Now now, please give them some credit, they would have at least buried it

They probably couldn't find any Burmese to dig the hole

[bkkjames]

All Irish aside - the Thai's were successful and got the haul but sooner or later someone will hear of their exploits, cop a payday for ratting on them and nail them. How the hel_l they can pick up an ATM at all is a bit beyond my abilities to fathom - they are heavy and cumbersome and this is not something that can be done in a few minutes - so take they are professional and educated in the ways the ATM is attached to the floor and wall. Interesting...

I don't think 5 men would have too much trouble picking up an ATM. Now that the whole country knows they can contain over 4 million baht more of them may go walkabout.

It's probably time for someone to develop a tamper device which sprays ink or acid over the bills and renders them unusable if the cash box is broken into - and make this well known to all ATM users and robbers. Another idea would be to put a GPS locator inside ATMs so they can be tracked...or how about explosives which can be remotely detonated.

Wouldn't work, the insurance to cover the lost money would be more than the exploded funds.

[Piengrudee]

This also gives the Thai banks an excellent reason to jack up ATM fees for falang another 100 baht.  :-)

Good idea, and by the way, make it Free for Thais to withdrawing cross province.

[tropo]

All Irish aside - the Thai's were successful and got the haul but sooner or later someone will hear of their exploits, cop a payday for ratting on them and nail them. How the hel_l they can pick up an ATM at all is a bit beyond my abilities to fathom - they are heavy and cumbersome and this is not something that can be done in a few minutes - so take they are professional and educated in the ways the ATM is attached to the floor and wall. Interesting...

I don't think 5 men would have too much trouble picking up an ATM. Now that the whole country knows they can contain over 4 million baht more of them may go walkabout.

It's probably time for someone to develop a tamper device which sprays ink or acid over the bills and renders them unusable if the cash box is broken into - and make this well known to all ATM users and robbers. Another idea would be to put a GPS locator inside ATMs so they can be tracked...or how about explosives which can be remotely detonated.

Wouldn't work, the insurance to cover the lost money would be more than the exploded funds.

That last one was a joke.

[wobblyjohn]

It was on the Thai Sophon TV this evening and the missus tells me the amount of cash inside was see sen (400,000 baht) poor reporting by Pattaya one I think, 4.3 million seems an awful lot of cash in one ATM

[Rimmer]

UPDATE

Pattaya Police Close-in on Serbian Ayudhya ATM Bandits

Thai authorities investigating the Bank of Ayudhya ATM robbery in Rayong on the 27th of August have begun to close-in on three foreign suspects, believed to be of Serbian nationality. The men are suspected to have stolen over Bt4 million in cash from the ATM, before dumping it in a Sattahip farm on the 28th of August.

Thailand, the 1st of September 2010 [PDN]: At approximately 1:00am on Wednesday, Major Thanitsak Theerasawad (Rayong Police Superintendent) along with Nunthawut Suwanla-ong (Pattaya Police Superintendent) and a team of officers, unveiled their progress in the Bank of Ayudhya ATM robbery investigations.

The full story is HERE

PATTAYA DAILY NEWS

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[Rimmer]

UPDATE

Arrest warrants out for 2 Serbian suspects in Rayong ATM theft

RAYONG: -- Sept 2 – A court in this eastern province on Thursday approved warrants for two Serbian men suspected of breaking into an automated teller machine (ATM) on August 27 in the provincial seat of Rayong, a senior local police officer said.

Warrants have been issued for Dejan Maricic, 40, and Aleksandra Vrencev, 40 alleged for breaking into an ATM machine of Bank of Ayudhya, Krachet branch, early last Friday morning, said the commander of the Rayong provincial police, Pol Maj Gen

Full story HERE

-- TNA 2010-09-03

[Rimmer]

Following the arrest of two of the suspects the story continues

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