Robbers steal 2.1 million baht from an ATM

 

Two robbers made off with 2.1 million baht after they injured a security and broke open an ATM located in the compound of a company on Petkasem road in Petchaburi province early Saturday morning.

 

The security guard of the SR Spinning Company in Tambon Ton Maphrao, Muang district, reportedly told police that at about 4 pm he heard a loud noise of something being sawn coming from an ATM of the Siam Commercial Bank and went to investigate.

 

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' He went on saying that the two robbers then set fire to the ATM to break it open and grabbed the cash inside, amounting to 2.1 million baht. '

 

I'm confused .....  setting fire to an ATM will not allow the cash box to be opened ...

I thought that ATM's were virtually theft proof .....  ?

why wouldn't there be an alarm on the door and a CCTV pointing at the ATM  ?

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a key  was  mentioned too,strange  the atm  opened up after  a fire.they had  to have something else

He heard something being sawed or something explode? I think the security guard knows more than he's telling. 

They will be soon apprehended drunk and at the usual hiding place,

their relatives house in some god forsaken hut in Nakhon nowhere...

1 minute ago, Rob13 said:

I think the security guard knows more than he's telling. 

first thing with any bank robbery or ATM robbery is the question of '  inside job '  ...... and this smells fishy  ....

 

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

' He went on saying that the two robbers then set fire to the ATM to break it open and grabbed the cash inside, amounting to 2.1 million baht. '

 

I'm confused .....  setting fire to an ATM will not allow the cash box to be opened ...

I thought that ATM's were virtually theft proof .....  ?

Pssst thats only a rumor to keep honest folk honest. Looks like a torch job not fire acetylene 

Not a bad days work!

 

Now they can take the rest of the year off.

 

2.1 mil in an ATM. I don't know but that seems quite a bit.

11 hours ago, ezzra said:

They will be soon apprehended drunk and at the usual hiding place,

their relatives house in some god forsaken hut in Nakhon nowhere...

...or in Pattaya.

Seems odd that this company needed an ATM.  I guess maybe a lot of cash transactions, paying the workers of the "spinning company'?

20 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

Seems odd that this company needed an ATM.  I guess maybe a lot of cash transactions, paying the workers of the "spinning company'?

inside job ?

18 hours ago, dinsdale said:

2.1 mil in an ATM. I don't know but that seems quite a bit.

They must have cased the job and went in right after the fill up.