Inventive Thieves Fail To Rob Phuket A T M With Blowtorch

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Inventive thieves fail to rob Phuket ATM with blowtorch
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- In a first-of-its-kind robbery in the area, thieves attempted to rob an ATM machine at the Deep Sea Port by using a blowtorch.

“This is something new for us,” said Sub Lt Suporn Muengkai of the Wichit Police. “We haven’t had anyone try to rob an ATM with a blowtorch before.”

The robbery at a stand-alone ATM on Sakdidet Road occurred sometime before 11am on Saturday, when ATM maintenance staff discovered scorch marks on the back of the booth.

“I arrived at the TMB [Thai Military Bank] ATM after 11am in order to clean it with my staff,” said Rewat Attarak of the Siam Administrative Management Company.

“While cleaning it, I saw signs that someone had used a blowtorch on the back of the machine,” he said.

The thieves did not manage to cut their way into the machine and no money was stolen, said Mr Rewat.

“We collected fingerprints and will continue our investigation,” Sub Lt Suporn said.

He urged anyone with information to call the Wichit Police Station at 076-355073.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Inventive-thieves-fail-to-rob-Phuket-ATM-with-blowtorch-20962.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-05-06

[NomadJoe]

Aren't there video camera's on all ATM's?

[Johnnie99]

Inventive, right If they thought out of the box and read the international news they would know about these things ... or even if they recognised the existence of the box ...

[warfie]

Aren't there video camera's on all ATM's?

Only for the purpose of recording your PIN for the card skimmers...

(YES! I am still puking about Bangkok Bank and their lack of consumer protection)

[XINLOI]

Aren't there video camera's on all ATM's?

Only one, the front near the keyboard....

[eezergood]

genius............

[stoneyboy]

Should have tried one of these,a favourite in the UK at one time.

[Secondmouse]

Aren't there video camera's on all ATM's?

“While cleaning it, I saw signs that someone had used a blowtorch on the back of the machine,” he said.

Edited May 8, 2013 by metisdead
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[sonar6ca]

Inventive??????????????????????

The way I see it it's a half assss job.

[jocko]

Using a blowtorch on a machine that is full of paper money.

[Bluespunk]

inventive is not the word i would use. inventive suggests success, whereas stupid...........

[rbrooks]

They should have just broke in the front door and powered up a heavy duty plasma cutter. Burns hotter and will cut through most anything metal. My guess is they used propane anyways but acetylene would have been hotter and did some damage.

[stoneyboy]

They should have just broke in the front door and powered up a heavy duty plasma cutter. Burns hotter and will cut through most anything metal. My guess is they used propane anyways but acetylene would have been hotter and did some damage.

They would have needed a bottle of compressed air to use a Plasma though.

[ExoticMatter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_lance

''gives the maximum temperature to be 4,770 K (4,500 °C)''

''often used as a heavy duty demolition tool, the thermic lance can also
be used to remove seized axles of heavy machinery without damaging the
bearings or axle hole. This technique is most often used on the pins and
axles of large equipment such as cranes, ships, bridges and
sluice-gates.''

And sets paper on fire very well!

[jocko]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_lance

''gives the maximum temperature to be 4,770 K (4,500 °C)''

''often used as a heavy duty demolition tool, the thermic lance can also

be used to remove seized axles of heavy machinery without damaging the

bearings or axle hole. This technique is most often used on the pins and

axles of large equipment such as cranes, ships, bridges and

sluice-gates.''

And sets paper on fire very well!

Money to burn in fact.

i always wondered what that meant.

Being as we are technical , high pressure water would have cut thro and the baht would be floating .

[smokie36]

You lot should get together. I'm sure you'd do a better job!