Phuket burglars hit two expat houses

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Mr Tiehurst shows where his valuables were before the burglars visited.

PHUKET: The homes of two British expats and their partners in Mission Heights, Thekrasattree, were burgled on Friday night (January 30), with cash and small valuables stolen.

Police believe the thieves may be the same as robbed three expat houses in Bang Rong, a couple of kilometres away, two weeks ago (January 10).

Peter Tiehurst, 54, from Britain and Luksanawan Srisamut, 46, the owners of one of the Mission Heights homes, showed Thalang police a window at the back of the house where the burglars had broken a wire screen window in order to unlock the back door.

They then stole B30,000 cash with the wallet, passport, Visa card, ATM card and an iPhone 4.

Sawanee Hogbrow, 37, who lives with her British husband in another house in the complex, showed the police a side window the burglars had broken through a wire screen climb into the house.

In this instance an iPad mini, a wallet containing B1,000 cash and a purse were stolen.

The owners told the police that they have lived in the houses for many years and had never been robbed even when they left the houses unlocked.

Police believe that a gang of three are involved, traveling by motobike.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-burglars-hit-two-expat-houses-50826.php

-- Phuket News 2015-02-01

sux to be robbed.

10/10 on the pointing, pro pointer

Broke through wire screens to gain access at both places.

The last 3 houses in the same area were unlocked.

What's with home owners up north? Living in another, nicer, safer era in their minds?

Welcome to the real world (not just Phuket) where houses are locked, dogs and geese patrol, and people are a bit more careful with their valuables.

30,000 baht in the house..... sigh... If you are going to keep money in the house, hide it.

Tuck it in places where a robber will not look, like among dirty laundry, cut the back out of a shower Gel bottle and hide it in there in the bathroom. Literally thousands of places a robber will not look. I have put money inside a toilet roll..... seriously

I had a house broken into once like that and it's a real feeling of violation even though I wasn't home. My house was in a rural area and they bashed in the front door.

They tried to sell something I owned, the buyer was suspicious and called the police. The police caught them and I got my belongings back. It's still a very bad feeling and I hope they can find and lock these guys up for a very long time.

What's with home owners up north? Living in another, nicer, safer era in their minds?

Welcome to the real world (not just Phuket) where houses are locked, dogs and geese patrol, and people are a bit more careful with their valuables.

I think it's just that. There hasn't been robberies earlier and people have been able to live without fear of thiefs.

I have been sometimes sleeping with my front door wide open. I guess I can not do that anymore. It's sad actually. The real world does not sound so nice place.

Putting on the Colonel Mustard hat (done in the library with a candelabra) I'd look at neighbors troubled youths or recent work people in or around the house.

Get a dog or two from Soi Dog. Best deterrent there is. In my own street have been several burglaries but none where the owners have dogs.

30,000 baht in the house..... sigh... If you are going to keep money in the house, hide it.

Tuck it in places where a robber will not look, like among dirty laundry, cut the back out of a shower Gel bottle and hide it in there in the bathroom. Literally thousands of places a robber will not look. I have put money inside a toilet roll..... seriously

We'll be using Euros as toilet roll soon.

30,000 baht in the house..... sigh... If you are going to keep money in the house, hide it.

Tuck it in places where a robber will not look, like among dirty laundry, cut the back out of a shower Gel bottle and hide it in there in the bathroom. Literally thousands of places a robber will not look. I have put money inside a toilet roll..... seriously

Thanks for informing potential burglars where to look for valuables

Sorry to hear that two foreigners were burgled but under what standard could this be considered news?

When there was a rash of burglaries, including my house, it never received any coverage. Why this one? Just curious.

i lived in Pattaya previously. I made sure there were bars on the window and secure doors. Even though I did not leave much to steal.

Just the thought of loss of privacy irked me.

Don't people have cctv? It's so cheap nowadays to have a system with a terrabyte or two of recording storage. It also acts as very good deterrent as the fear of being caught will make them choose another house.

Another reason to not live in a farang ghetto area..

Don't people have cctv? It's so cheap nowadays to have a system with a terrabyte or two of recording storage. It also acts as very good deterrent as the fear of being caught will make them choose another house.

Did have.......they nicked it

One of the first things I bought when moving here was a safe. Am I the only one?

30,000 baht in the house..... sigh... If you are going to keep money in the house, hide it.

Tuck it in places where a robber will not look, like among dirty laundry, cut the back out of a shower Gel bottle and hide it in there in the bathroom. Literally thousands of places a robber will not look. I have put money inside a toilet roll..... seriously

If you have an oven, inside it at the back, just don't light the oven

One of the first things I bought when moving here was a safe. Am I the only one?

A safe bet.

One of the first things I bought when moving here was a safe. Am I the only one?

One of the first things I had fitted were security grilles - on all doors, windows & patio doors. Even the little toilet windows have one

Even little bugs and jing-joks can't get in.

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security guards sleeping ?

or non existent ?

Solid point.. I know exactly where the stolen goods were.