webfact Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 ATM robbery gang smashedBANGKOK: -- Pathumthani police yesterday smashed a robbery gang responsible for breaking up and stealing ATM machines of commercial banks in the suburban areas around Bangkok.The latest target which the gang preyed was the Krung Thai ATM machine in front of a restaurant in Pathumthani province where it made off with more than 2 million baht in cash in the box.The latest incident was alerted to Thanyaburi police station in Pathumthani on Sunday night.Detectives were called in to investigate the crime scene in front of the Krong Thong restaurant located on the No. 7 Canal Road on the outskirts of Bangkok.In the case investigators believed that no less than two suspects were involved in the crime and two vehicles were also employed.The thieves made off with a complete Krung Thai ATM box which contained no less than two million baht.Initial investigation of the ATM unit’s components that were left at the crime scene resulted in several finger prints being discovered.Police accessing nearby closed-circuit TV camera footages for clues and alerted all road checkpoints for suspected vehicles.Later on the same night, police officers at a road block on the No. 7 Canal Road spotted a suspicious Honda automobile with กท 5704 license plate and stopped the vehicle.A search was carried out and the officers discovered towing equipment and blocks in the car.The driver, Danai Palakun, aged 20 years of age was held for questioning as the automobile was reported missing by its owners on January 30 at the Thanyaburi police station.Confession by the suspect led the police to a furniture factory where they found a pickup truck that took part in the robbery of the ATM machine.Two more suspects were arrested. They were identified as Wiwatana Saharat, 23, and his 16-year-old brother.An broken ATM machine was discovered concealed under a mound of sand on the back of the pickup truck bed.Police also discovered a complete mobile phone top-up machine in the cab of the vehicle.All the three suspects said they had committed such robbery using sling to tow the cash boxes by truck three times between January and February this year.The first was Siam Commercial Bank which was successful, while the second was Government Savings Bank which was foiled after passers-by saw them trying to tow the box with the sling tied to the truck.The third time was the stealing of the mobile phone top-up machine which they got just 400 baht.All were detained in Tanyaburi police station for more questioning. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/atm-robbery-gang-smashed -- Thai PBS 2015-02-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 x # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loles Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well done job from Police. Congratulation. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 next time notice hole is a bit higher I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nithisa78 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Good Police work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickirs Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 If you carry towing equipment in your car, you better get rid of it fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Have you ever seen how they fill the atm's? No security or nothing, just a man with a suitcase full of cash while the next machine is still working. Have they never been robbed while filling them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) All the three suspects said they had committed such robbery using sling to tow the cash boxes by truck three times between January and February this year.The first was Siam Commercial Bank which was successful, while the second was Government Savings Bank which was foiled after passers-by saw them trying to tow the box with the sling tied to the truck. I know in Thailand confessing to a crime usually get your sentence cut in half, but why confess to other ATM crimes which might increase your total sentence? Seems when Thai crooks are caught by the police they almost always confess to every bad thing they did in the their life. But maybe the police tell the crooks if their confession helps to solve other crimes then that will probably reduce their overall sentence even more whether that's true or not. Edited February 17, 2015 by Pib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 All the three suspects said they had committed such robbery using sling to tow the cash boxes by truck three times between January and February this year.The first was Siam Commercial Bank which was successful, while the second was Government Savings Bank which was foiled after passers-by saw them trying to tow the box with the sling tied to the truck. I know in Thailand confessing to a crime usually get your sentence cut in half, but why confess to other ATM crimes which might increase your total sentence? Seems when Thai crooks are caught by the police they almost always confess to every bad thing they did in the their life. But maybe the police tell the crooks if their confession helps to solve other crimes then that will probably reduce their overall sentence even more whether that's true or not. Or...perhaps they just beat the crap out of them until they will confess to anything !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am glad that these thieves got caught, and if Thai prison is like most prisons in the world, they will also be very unhappy WHEN... they are caught picking up the soap in the communal shower room. Yeoooow! Good job to the police! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koo wallety tourist Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 i dont thinks these are thais. they would have to be burmese to be so ingenious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well done police catching them. The criminals were a young group. Quite a difference between ATM machines and a mobile top up unit........ I am surprised it had so much as 400 baht in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saminoz Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Call me a skeptic, but I wonder if the Police would have been quite so proactive had there only been 200 Baht in the machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Only Thai criminal leave fingerprints all around the crime scene. Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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