Two More Held In Robbery Of Indian Currency Trader

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Two more held in robbery of Indian currency trader

Khanathit Srihirundaj

The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK:-- Two more suspects in the December robbery of an Indian businessman have been arrested, police said yesterday, bringing the number of people in custody in the case to seven.

Police arrested Chuanchom Srichan, 29, and Weerayut Ngamkhieo, 24, and confiscated Bt2.6 million worth of various foreign currencies, pistols and a gold necklace from the two suspects.

Earlier, Chuanchom fled to Khok Sung district in the eastern province of Sa Kaew. He was later ordained as a monk at a temple there. Weerayut, who is a volunteer attached to the Military Police, was arrested in Kut Rang district of Maha Sarakham province in the Northeast.

Chuanchom confessed to taking bags from the victim's car, and Weerayut confessed that he threatened the victim and his driver with a gun.

The development follows the arrests of five members of the suspected robbery gang announced Friday.

The last member of the gang - Uttaraphong Kangnok - remains at large.

The gang robbed Abdullah Rehman, 52, who runs a currency-exchange business in Thailand, while he was in his car on Si Phraya road in Bangkok's Bang Rak district on December 30.

They took seven bags containing many different currencies amounting to more than Bt50 million.

Police have seized a total of Bt54 million worth of banknotes from the suspects.

Police believed they would be able to arrest Uttaraphong soon since he and Weerayut work for the military

-- The Nation 2012-01-29

[CHANGOVER]

'They took seven bags containing many different currencies amounting to more than Bt50 million.

Police have seized a total of Bt54 million worth of banknotes from the suspects.'

Ok 54m is MORE than 50m....

[Chang_paarp]

They took seven bags containing many different currencies amounting to more than Bt50 million.

Police have seized a total of Bt54 million worth of banknotes from the suspects.

That is a sizeable lump of cash in anyones currency. One must ask why the Indian gentleman had it in his car with no reported security.

In part answer to my own question, he must have been pointed out to the miscreants. Either that or they were very lucky in selecting their mark.

[housepainter]

Quote: Police believed they would be able to arrest Uttaraphong soon since he and Weerayut work for the military

What regiment: 1st Battalion Bank Robberies? Doing a bit of moonlighting then as the military do. You know the sort of thing, anyone need a killing done get the army in. A freelancer will do it quite cheap but the cost of bombing has gone up lately. It's the grenades. Somebody at the barracks took to locking them up and since then the price has doubled.

The most stupid race on the planet? People not event. Has to be the chappie who drives home - if you believe the report - with the day's takings. A cool 50 million plus.

I also believe in magic, fairies and that Thai tourism figures are true.

Then again I'm beginning to hear voices. They tell me not to go to Thailand.

Next.

[anto909]

There is something pretty fishy with this whole story. Just the victim and his driver running around with Bt50 million. Sounds a bit like an inside job.

[Phatcharanan]

'They took seven bags containing many different currencies amounting to more than Bt50 million.

Police have seized a total of Bt54 million worth of banknotes from the suspects.'

Ok 54m is MORE than 50m....

So 4m that they obtained from other sources was also consficated.

It's hardly rocket science.

[Credo]

Either that or the Baht has really gone down in value.