Three foreigners arrested over Phuket ATM robbery

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Three foreigners arrested over Phuket ATM robbery
Eakkapop Thongtub


The three foreigners who were arrested.

PHUKET: -- Three foreigners have been arrested in Bangkok after they allegedly robbed an ATM in Patong last week, opening it with a cutting torch and escaping with B200,000.

Three men – Colombian national Guarin Luis Fernando, 47, and Mexican national Vesid Alexander, 48, plus another unnamed Colombian man – were arrested in Bangkok yesterday (December 8) and have now been brought to Phuket.

Police said the men allegedly came from Krabi to Phuket, and rented a car to get here. After the robbery, police said they drove back to Krabi, returned the car, then travelled to Bangkok.

The trio were arrested at a hotel in Makkasan in Bangkok around 3pm, and police said they confessed to the crime. No details about how police found the trio have been revealed.

More details are expected to be announced later today.

At around 4.45am on Tuesday last week (December 3), thieves robbed an ATM machine opposite Loma Park in Patong with a cutting torch and escaped with B200,000, but left B1.4 million in the machine.

After looking at CCTV camera footage from around the island, the search centred on footage obtained from the Thai Watsadu construction store on Thepkrassatri Road in Thalang, where two “light-skinned” men were spotting buying materials, which were later found at the scene of the robbery.

Police later announced they were looking for the owner of a Suzuki Swift car, believed to be used by the suspects.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/three-foreigners-arrested-over-phuket-atm-robbery-43318.php


-- Phuket News 2013-12-09

[aothai]

To many foreign rubbish in Thailand they give a bad reputation to foreigners!!! Jail and kick them out & banned to come back to TH

[easybullet3]

Why did they leave 1.4 million in the machine?

and How were they caught ?

[JoeThePoster]

No pointing pic ! So, farang in underwear is supposed to be a consolation pic?

[winstonc]

To many foreign rubbish in Thailand they give a bad reputation to foreigners!!! Jail and kick them out & banned to come back to TH ?

hahahahaha..how so einstien..we had a bad reputation before we even landed so no change there...

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Colombians, Mexican arrested in Bangkok for Phuket ATM robbery
Phuket Gazette

PHUKET: -- Three men suspected of robbing a Patong ATM last Tuesday were apprehended in Bangkok yesterday and returned to Phuket last night.

Phuket Police and fellow officers from the central Bangkok district of Phayathai worked together to arrest the men, who are accused of using a blowtorch to steal almost 300,000 baht from a Thanachart ATM.

Mexican Yesid Alexander Ledesma Gutierrez, 50, and Columbians Luis Fernando Guarin Suta, 44, and Carlos Arturo Amariles Marin, 57, were taken into custody in a rented room in Ratchathewi District in Bangkok at about 12:30pm.

Phuket Police had tracked the men by investigating stores in Phuket that sold the equipment, namely a gas canister and gloves, that had been abandoned at the crime scene (story here).

Viewing CCTV images at the Thai Watsadu store in Thalang, officers found what they were looking for – images of two foreign men making purchases, as well as images of the car they were driving, a Red Suzuki Swift. They obtained arrest warrants for the unnamed men and notified all police divisions in Phuket to help in the search.

“They left Phuket and drove to Ao Nang in Krabi not more than three hours after they robbed the ATM,” said Phuket Provincial Police Commander Ong-art Phiwruangnont.

“On Saturday, we were informed that they were in Bangkok. At that point, we asked the Phayathai Police to help a Patong Police team arrest them,” Maj Gen Ong-art said.

The men were apprehended shortly after midday and returned to Phuket, where they arrived at about 10pm last night.

Police declined to reveal how the suspects were located in Bangkok.

“That is confidential police information,” said Phuket Provincial Deputy Commander Arun Kaewwatee. “If we reveal that, other criminals may learn how to avoid police detection.”

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Colombians-Mexican-arrested-in-Bangkok-for-Phuket-ATM-robbery-22983.html


-- Phuket Gazette 2013-12-09

[Old Croc]

Police declined to reveal how the suspects were located in Bangkok.

“That is confidential police information,” said Phuket Provincial Deputy Commander Arun Kaewwatee. “If we reveal that, other criminals may learn how to avoid police detection.”

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Colombians-Mexican-arrested-in-Bangkok-for-Phuket-ATM-robbery-22983.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-12-09

Perhaps it had something to do with compulsory passport registration and reporting at hotels.

[Greenhill]

Police declined to reveal how the suspects were located in Bangkok.

“That is confidential police information,” said Phuket Provincial Deputy Commander Arun Kaewwatee. “If we reveal that, other criminals may learn how to avoid police detection.”

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Colombians-Mexican-arrested-in-Bangkok-for-Phuket-ATM-robbery-22983.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-12-09

Perhaps it had something to do with compulsory passport registration and reporting at hotels.

Still impressive though!!!!!!!

[belg]

were they all sleeping in the same bed?

[simon43]

Good work! It seems the police were so quick to ctach these guys that Mr Manboobs on the right of the photo didn't even have time to pull on his shorts

Simon

[Johnnie99]

So, not 'farangs', then.

[silent]

Good work! It seems the police were so quick to ctach these guys that Mr Manboobs on the right of the photo didn't even have time to pull on his shorts

Simon

Good of you to notice! Thanks for pointing that out

[happysanook]

To many foreign rubbish in Thailand they give a bad reputation to foreigners!!! Jail and kick them out & banned to come back to TH �

Per capita there's far more Thai rubbish than foreign rubbish. Get real.

[tragickingdom]

Let me guess. They parked their car in front of the ATM or just a few streets away. They did not think about disguising themselves and walking or busing 10 km to a rural street without any camera's. Most of these people have just half a brain and a quarter of a plan.

[Bluespunk]

Why did they leave 1.4 million in the machine?

and How were they caught ?

The answer to both questions can be found in one word: stupid

[Benmart]

To many foreign rubbish in Thailand they give a bad reputation to foreigners!!! Jail and kick them out & banned to come back to TH ?

hahahahaha..how so einstien..we had a bad reputation before we even landed so no change there...

Please don't drag Einstein into this. The structure of your post is hardly a scientific equation IMO.

[DGIE]

were they all sleeping in the same bed?

I think they can now afford to sleep in separate rooms

[DGIE]

Why did they leave 1.4 million in the machine?

and How were they caught ?

The answer to both questions can be found in one word: stupid

no no, not stupid. I also want to know the answer to the 1st question. Never mind the 2nd one

[pizzachang]

Good riddance...

[sirchai]

were they all sleeping in the same bed?

Possible, but from now on, they'll have to sleep on the floor with more guys.-

[sydneyjed]

Will it be worth doing 5 years in Klong Prem for what amounts to the princely sum of approximately $5000 USD...silly silly boys!!!

[sabaii69]

Poor guys just needed some pants. They couldn't make a living in Columbia or Mexico selling drugs.

[sirchai]

They should have taken a Kubota to drive around wearing Isaan farmer masks. And of course they should have seen the main money.

Som Naam Naa. At its best.-

[sirchai]

Poor guys just needed some pants. They couldn't make a living in Columbia or Mexico selling drugs.

Maybe brought some snow to this country and ran out of cash.....-

[sabaii69]

Odd that everyone posting with an English flag is a jerk.

[KarenBravo]

I think you mean British flag.

It ain't the same.

[RigPig]

I thought there was a previous story that said the job was pulled by Vietnamese men and they thought they had already flew the coup, or was that another ATM robbery with a cutting torch?

[GAZZPA]

farang are all scum

ha, ha, ha. Yes they are, every single one of them.

[stoli]

Police declined to reveal how the suspects were located in Bangkok.

“That is confidential police information,” said Phuket Provincial Deputy Commander Arun Kaewwatee. “If we reveal that, other criminals may learn how to avoid police detection.”

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Colombians-Mexican-arrested-in-Bangkok-for-Phuket-ATM-robbery-22983.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-12-09

Perhaps it had something to do with compulsory passport registration and reporting at hotels.

Still impressive though!!!!!!!

I have to agree. I think the police did a great job and should be commended.

[Bikkii]

All that for only 200g? Lol, stupid mexicans, latin farang