Robbers take Bt1.5 million in Sai Mai house raid

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Two hooded robbers broke into the adjoining homes of a family in Bangkok's Sai Mai district yesterday morning and made away with more than Bt1.5 million in valuables.

The robbers did not harm any of the four people in the two houses.

Lamjuan Mukkratok, 58, was at home with two very young granddaughters and a Laotian housemaid when the robbers struck.

Lamjuan's daughter, who owns the houses, had already left home for work.

"I was walking upstairs to get a towel for my granddaughter when two hooded men showed up," Lamjuan said. Her granddaughters are just two-and-a-half years old and two-months-old.

The grandmother said both robbers wore gloves and threatened her with a six-inch-long Sparta knife.

"They tied both my hands and feet," Lamjuan said, "Then, they blindfolded me and asked about the valuables in the houses." She said the robbers spoke with accents of the Northeast.

"I begged for the safety of everyone and told them where the valuables were," Lamjuan said.

She said after the robbers left, she removed the blindfold and called for help from neighbours. The robbery took place at around at 6.40am.

A check showed the robbers took Bt20,000 in cash, a 32-inch TV screen, diamond sets, gold necklaces and bracelets. In all, the victims lost more than Bt1.5 million in valuables.

The houses are units of Supalai Village on Sukhapiban 5 Road, two detached buildings surrounded by a fence.

"Security cameras have recorded a suspicious van. We have also found other evidence that will be useful in the case," police said.

-- The Nation 2012-01-30

Accents from the northeast at least not farang

Accents from the northeast at least not farang

hmmm n.e perhaps it was the danes or fins this time?

six-inch-long Sparta(n) knife

Grandma seems quite well informed on combat weapons.

Is the daughter married to a farang? The accents are from the north east, that will send the BIB off on a false lead away from BKK. The bandits who were hooded blindfolder her, why? she had already seen them? I am just a little suspect on this.

She didn't see them. The OP says there were two hooded men. Most likely they didn't want her watching while they rifled through things or else they watch a lot of crime shows on TV and they always blindfold people!

I hope they catch the culprits.

The van was a silver toyota (like the minivans around town), was on camera for a long time, obviously they changed the number plates as they were very visible, unless they were very dumb and have the cops around them now.

Laotian maids friends obviously.

1,5 mio? was this person working for the transport dept.? hehehehe....

Gotta be an inside job of some kind

Accents from the northeast at least not farang

hmmm n.e perhaps it was the danes or fins this time?

Geordies?

:-)

Accents from the northeast at least not farang

Never know, Bostonians can have pretty strong NE accents.

I wonder if they will recover 2,3 or5 million this time.

1.5M; 5.0M; 50.00M. Who knows? After last years much publicised transport secretary robbery, where the figures changed almost hourly, I would be surprised if the 1.5M is the last figure quoted. And I doubt the robbers have the remotest idea how much they stole.

"They tied both my hands and feet," Lamjuan said, "Then, they blindfolded me and asked about the valuables in the houses." She said the robbers spoke with accents of the Northeast."

And the Laotian woman also speaks northeastern accent. All people here where I'm living are using this slang.

Sherlock Holmes would think it was the gardener........

robbers broke into the adjoining homes of a family in Bangkok's Sai Mai district

Sherlock Holmes would think it was the gardener........

Or granny's been to the Sai Mai casino - nah no way.

Edited January 31, 201214 yr by Payboy

1,5 mio? was this person working for the transport dept.? hehehehe....

Probably the cleaning lady at the ministry....

Accents from the northeast at least not farang

Could be farang from the northeast