Foreigner Robs Koh Samui Convenience Store

By Khaosod Eng.

SURAT THANI — Police say an armed foreigner robbed a convenience store on Koh Samui island yesterday and took off with more than 178,000 baht in cash.

The robbery took place at a Family Mart store at around 10:30 a.m., according to the police. The cashier, Metta Laksanasuk, 28, said she and her coworker were counting approximately 200,000 baht in cash in preparation for a bank deposit when a man walked into the store and pretended to browse through goods.

Shortly afterwards, the suspect ran to the counter, took out a small handgun, and forced Ms. Metta and the other cashier to leave the counter before taking 178,350 baht from the pile of money, Ms. Metta said.

According to Ms. Metta, the suspect fled the scene in a Toyota Vios with a license plate that had been covered with white paper. The police, upon being alerted by Ms. Metta, chased but failed to catch the suspect.

The suspect is described as an approximately 175 centimetre tall, dark-haired Caucasian in his 30s.

Pol.Col. Satit Prom-utai, the chief of Bo Put Police Station on Koh Samui island, said the police have a suspect in mind but are still in the process of investigating.

The immigration and tourist police have been contacted to provide the officers with additional details about the suspect, Pol.Col. Satit said.

Police have also released CCTV footage of the incident to seek the public’s help in identifying the perpetrator.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1398753170&typecate=06&section=

-- Khaosod English 2014-04-29

Convenience store, counting 200,000 Baht in open view.

I would be tempted...........................

wow that's a lot of money for only one convenience store .. maybe next time they could count the money in some discreet places ...and not on the counter . the devil was tempted ...

Police are trying to track a Toyota Vios having license plate covered with White paper but no luck so far.

The same convenience store that sometimes doesn't even have enough change available for a 1000 thb note , smells like an inside job

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A farang in Thailand robbing a convenience store is going to stick out like a...well...like a farang in Thailand.

Stupid is as stupid does - Forest Gump

Looks more Indian or dark skinned Thai to me....

Convenience store, counting 200,000 Baht in open view.

I would be tempted...........................

Yeah, a little odd that they counted money like that infront of anyone. Any thought that it could be an inside job? Either that or the cashiers are really dumb.

CCTV here

wow that's a lot of money for only one convenience store .. maybe next time they could count the money in some discreet places ...and not on the counter . the devil was tempted ...

Don;t think he was tempted if he had the foresight to cover the license plate.

wow that's a lot of money for only one convenience store .. maybe next time they could count the money in some discreet places ...and not on the counter . the devil was tempted ...

Do they really care? no... not their money so sod it... usual attitude of carelessness here.....

Smokie...is that you?

i've seen that white paper before,it looks very familiar.police should have no problem tracking it.

Anyone know the location of this FamilyMart?

Best place to put the CCTV camera is behind the banner of course.

It seems strange that he had prepared his get away vehicle by covering the plate and arrived at the precise moment the cash was been counted.

I would say he has witnessed them doing this frequently.Checking previous video footage will probably show him getting into the same vehicle with plates not covered.

Anyone know the location of this FamilyMart?

Right next to 7-11

and its not like theres too many roads leaving samui, maybe they could check every vios and farang driver leaving the island.......with or without paper on the number plate...

Ko Samui isn't an island ? Small island no ? !!!

Very stupid man

Can cover the plate but where he will go with his toyota

HeavyDrinker, on 29 Apr 2014 - 14:09, said:

Looks more Indian or dark skinned Thai to me....

Caucasian race is the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia, Central Asia and South Asia.

Even Thai people can look Caucasian and I'm not talking about "kaeks".

wow that's a lot of money for only one convenience store .. maybe next time they could count the money in some discreet places ...and not on the counter . the devil was tempted ...

Don;t think he was tempted if he had the foresight to cover the license plate.

And well there's the gun too eh? That's really not going to help his case.

Convenience store, counting 200,000 Baht in open view.

I would be tempted...........................

go to any bank, draws full of cash openly on display, surprised more isnt nicked here than it is, just a matter of time when the economy slumps etc etc

He should be done for having no work permit, surely this is a " Thai Only" job

A bit fishy, they have only a few thousand, hundreds in cashier machine every time.

So may be this falang co. worker also ....

wow that's a lot of money for only one convenience store .. maybe next time they could count the money in some discreet places ...and not on the counter . the devil was tempted ...

Do they really care? no... not their money so sod it... usual attitude of carelessness here.....

find me a convenience store clerk anywhere in the world willing to take a bullet for someone else money.

as much as you want it to this has nothing to do with thai carelessness.

more likely its your own bias in play.

any moron who would commit a crime like that on an islands however is an utter moron unless he was on a speedboat to the mainland 15 minutes later.

wow that's a lot of money for only one convenience store .. maybe next time they could count the money in some discreet places ...and not on the counter . the devil was tempted ...

Don;t think he was tempted if he had the foresight to cover the license plate.

And well there's the gun too eh? That's really not going to help his case.

True that. I am sure most foreigners would have no idea where to just go an pick up a gun; I certainly don't.

Convenience store, counting 200,000 Baht in open view.

I would be tempted...........................

they do it all the time down the road at my local 7-11....

same volumes of money.

C'mon BiB let's play fair and give him a warning about the arrest warrant you wish to obtain next week. It will give you time to find out how many white Toy Vios are rented out on your biiiiig island.

He better get off the Island quick smart and spend the windfall in Bangers.

Police are trying to track a Toyota Vios having license plate covered with White paper but no luck so far.

Latest update, they have located the car but the white paper is still missing

Still looks Indian or Thai to me....