Gold Robbers Mistook Police Patrol As Getaway Car
By Khaosod Online



PHUKET: -- The police pursuit of a pair of suspects accused of robbing a woman of her gold necklace came to an end when the pair attempted to flee on a police vehicle.

Late last night police in Phuket police were alerted of a robbery taking place in Montri Road. Ms. Pitchniya Kladmee, a manager of a well-known hotel in the province, told police that the suspects on motorbike have snatched her gold necklace and sped away.

The police gave chase and later found the suspects′ vehicle abandoned around Damrong Road. As a group of police officers were combing the area near Phuket Wittayalai School on Chumpon Road, they encountered a pair of individuals standing on the roadside. The pair hailed the officers to stop, and asked the officers to give them a ride to their hideout.

The suspects soon realised their situation and attempted to flee the scene. The police eventually found them hiding in a kitchen cupboard at the nearby Phuket Wittayalai School.

The two were identified as Mr. Preeda Adum, 25, and Mr. Somsak Puangcharoen, 23. They both worked as kitchen staff at Phuket Royal City Hotel, police said.

The police charged the suspects of robbery and planning a vehicle getaway. Mr. Preeda and Mr. Somsak confessed to the crime, saying they had been drinking heavily before they decided to rob the necklace.

Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE16VTJORFkxTXc9PQ==

-- KHAOSOD English 2013-11-05

planning a vehicle getaway

Not very well planned that.

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Mr. Preeda and Mr. Somsak confessed to the crime, saying they had been drinking heavily before they decided to rob the necklace.

An excuse to cover their stupidity..

Stupid ******, not a brain cell between them ...

Priceless.

I wish the thieves that stole my motorcycle were this stupid...

Well, some might say it's a fine line between crooks and cops, so an understandable mistake really.

planning a vehicle getaway

Not very well planned that.

Oh I don't know.

Had they not lost their bottle and run away perhaps the police would have given them that ride to the hideout.

A fridge in a restaurant.

Mr. Preeda and Mr. Somsak confessed to the crime, saying they had been drinking heavily before they decided to rob the necklace.

It seems that alcohol is regularly used as an excuse here, almost as if it is the alcohol which is to blame rather than the perpetrators.

I've had this discussion with a good Thai friend of 15 years: We debate many topics, mostly in good nature, sometimes differences of opinion get slightly heated, sometimes very heated, but we remain good friends throughout: We discussed the possibility of getting into fisticuffs with each other should we be too drunk and take the debate too far... (Which has never happened and I can't imagine it would).

His response - "If it ever happened I wouldn't blame you if you were too drunk"

My response - "We are good friends, no matter how drunk I am, that would never happen - being drunk is never an excuse"

His opinion was that if a Drunk Friend hit him, it would be OK because his friend was drunk so it wasn't really his friends fault. I couldn't agree.

The one in the red shirt looks like he knows he's going to get the rubber hose.

Must be a woman to blame...

That Benny Hill tune is driving me nuts!

I would love to follow these two guys in their lives. It would be the ultimate comedy....

You can't make this stuff up............So stupid..........LOL.......555555555555555555555555

Well, some might say it's a fine line between crooks and cops, so an understandable mistake really.

Well, in this case it is COOKS & COPS..

If they ever make a Thai version of the "Dumb and Dumber" movie we found the two leading men for it...I'm assuming they will be out of jail once movie production begins in Phuket.

"The pair hailed the officers to stop, and asked the officers to give them a ride to their hideout.

The suspects soon realised their situation and attempted to flee the scene. The police eventually found them hiding in a kitchen cupboard at the nearby Phuket Wittayalai School."

Sorry, what?

The guy in red shirt looks like a Deer in the headlights

In a Jeremy Clarkson voice.

"Extreme stupidity just doesn't get any better than this"

The guy in red shirt looks like a Deer in the headlights

And missed his mouth with the bottle a few times, meanwhile his cohort is practising his air-guitar technique.

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Mr. Preeda and Mr. Somsak confessed to the crime, saying they had been drinking heavily before they decided to rob the necklace.

An excuse to cover their stupidity..

They all have the IQ of a dandelion and that is not just would be robbers

police were just as stupid to let them escape from the police car (albeit to be found again later)

...and the police can't even blame their stupidity on being drunk... well maybe not

What's a Thai patrol car?

Hollywood wouldn't need script writers if the producers just read the papers in Thailand :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY7N1jr9csM

Stupid ******, not a brain cell between them ...

That includes the law too.

Good to see Thailand's underworld masterminding another successful heist!

What's a Thai patrol car?

Something they claim for on their expenses form, under the category of Stationery.

The Thai education system has much to answer for.

The blank looks on the faces of the miscreants likely says most of it.

It seems to me likely that they hailed the police not out of accident or mistake; but then they realized it was the wrong cops--and not their co-perps. dam_n, they all look so much alike at night in their uniforms and patrol cars...

Somsak or sad sack

Best laugh I had all day.

"Oh sorry, you're the police. Excuse us."

dumb and dumber doesn't rate does it?