webfact Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 German Man Arrested After Failed Robbery Attempt A German tourist suspected of attempted robbery of an ATM machine in Nong Bua Lamphu province has been arrested. The tourist said he needed the money to fly back home. Region 4 Police arrested 28-year-old German national Alberto Petermann as a suspect for attempted robbery of a Krung Thai Bank ATM machine in Nong Bua Lamphu province on Tuesday. Officers also seized a portable plasma cutter and a pick-up truck. Petermann tried to cut open the ATM machine, but he failed as the cutter ran out of gas. His attempt was clearly recorded by a nearby security camera. The suspect admitted to having tried to rob the ATM machine, saying that he needed money to return to Germany. He added that he planned to give some of the money to his wife to open a grocery shop in the province. -- Tan Network 2010-09-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKASA Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redr0m Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? LOL After my second i think i would have come up with 30 better plans to get hold 25k baht for a ticket... Edited September 23, 2010 by Redr0m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princejohnjay Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 He should have asked me for help to buy him a return ticket back home rather than go rob an ATM machine but hey he also needed money for his wife to open a grocery shop now i don't think he needed money to fly back home rather he needs money to invest for his dear wife ...if he had succeeded he wouldn't have flied back home...he just wanted to please his wife/girlfriend..of which the girl would have still claim everything at last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neverdie Posted September 23, 2010 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) sounds a bit like this guy Edited September 23, 2010 by neverdie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyummer Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Sell the plasma cutter and/or pick-up truck? Smart thing to do is crash the truck (but survive), claim you got robbed while lying at the scene (totally believable in Thailand), go to your embassy, and beg for help? Either that, or I heard the wheel wells of the Lufthansa aircrafts are quite roomy and comfy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 how does a plasam run out of gas, most of the portable ones have an onboard air compressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 The right tool for the right job. Not all Plasma Cutters are the same: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? Business plan in the LOS................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? His attempt was clearly recorded by a nearby security camera. Please let's see the movie....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? LOL - probably as many as it takes to make up the excuse of "needing the money to fly back home". How about selling the truck and the plasma cutter? Should be good for a first class ticket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 sounds a bit like this guy ROFL... and just when I thought you can't get any stupider than that German guy... I guess that tops it. Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? Business plan in the LOS................ What's my business plan? Dude, it's like, y'know, to make money! Duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 The defendant The defendant and his plasma cutter and a bunch of cops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) Channel 7 Video News Link of the genius at work (obligatory reenactment of the crime included) http://www.ch7.com/news/news_scoop7see_detail.aspx?c=5&p=348&d=105904 Edited September 23, 2010 by Buchholz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Bit more in Thairath. http://www.thairath.co.th/content/region/113239 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 sounds a bit like this guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiawatcher Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? Well it is Oktober Fest time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 How many beers does it take to spawn a business plan like this one.? LOL After my second i think i would have come up with 30 better plans to get hold 25k baht for a ticket... so he couldn't sell the pick up or that expensive tool for opening an atm machine. I am sure if his visa ran out and he was really desperate. maybe if he went to the german embassy might have helped. Robbing an atm machine for a ticket home lol. he might have to extend his hooliday in Bangwan. lol. would have thought that someone who thinks they are clever enough to rob a machine woud have a more cllever back up story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 where will zeee germans strike next ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManInSurat Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) Is it me or does there seem to be a marked increase in ATM/bank related robberies by farangs in Thailand in recent months? I can think of at least 5 or 6 recent examples. <deleted> is going on? How can these people fail to realise they're in a country with a much less desirable penal system than in their countries of origin? And that a simple trip to their embassy in this time of desperation/crisis might alleviate a lot of their problems. I really just don't get it at all. I appreciate that people will does some strange and desperate things for money, most of the examples by farangs I can think of border on, or are firmly in the realms of insanity. Amusing for the law-abiding populace none-the-less. Edited September 23, 2010 by ManInSurat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL, do not collect money from the ATM machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoon Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Loser... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajarnpot Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 sounds a bit like this guy lol lol lol this guy could have a career as a comedian too, lol lol lol. lol lol etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Another case of iodine deficiency which seems quite common in Thailand. Some foreigners are just not eating properly these days. You are what you eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoaker Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 This guy has been here too long and have picked up the thought process of the people here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 ... How about selling the truck and the plasma cutter? Should be good for a first class ticket... A bit more from the Thai press. Apparently the pick-up truck wasn't his to sell and belonged to his gf's father and the welding equipment he bought with his last remaining money, 5300 Baht, not enough for a return ticket. He said he planned to use some of the stolen money to repair his gf's house. She also drove him to the ATM and collected him after the event, so seems in some way to be implicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 He's certainly not going to win any awards for advanced Criminal minds, what a tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Ohhh so it was not a plasma cutter but an oxy instead.......... <----------- evilly looking at plasma sitting next to me.......HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingy Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Believe it or not I was sitting having a whiskey with my wife at a small pub in nong bua lamphu when that guy approached us quite nervous and a bit on edge asking Moo, I want moo. We asked if he wanted to eat pork, but we found out that Moo was his girlfriends son who was nearly the same age as him. The did laps of the street 3-4 times and then sat in the car for ages , strange. It wasn't a shock for us when we heard about his crazy attempt to rob the ATM. irrate Another case of iodine deficiency which seems quite common in Thailand. Some foreigners are just not eating properly these days. You are what you eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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