Khon Kaen couple arrested for 1 million baht amulet theft
Police in Khon Kaen arrested a 45 year old man and his 48 year old wife on charges of theft and possession of stolen property. The couple is accused of stealing valuable amulets from a residence, which the woman had nabbed while working as a housekeeper.
The stolen items, including several amulets such as the Phra Phuttha Chinnaraj Indochina and Luang Pu Thuat, as well as a gold necklace and jade-embedded gold ring, were later sold online by her husband.
The investigation began after a report was filed on January 6 about the theft of numerous amulets, valued at over 1 million baht, from a home. The complainant revealed they had hired a housekeeper before the theft, who stopped showing up for work after the items went missing.
This led the police to investigate further, identifying Niphaporn as the housekeeper. She was found to be working at a shop in Mueang district, Khon Kaen province. Aran, her husband, had been posting the stolen amulets for sale on social media, and the complainant recognised them as the missing items.
During questioning, Niphaporn admitted to stealing the amulets from the residence where she worked. She confessed to taking the items and having her husband sell them online to cover living expenses, such as rent and food, reported KhaoSod.
The police managed to track down and apprehend the couple.
In related news, a family in Phuket faced an unexpected start to the new year when they returned home from celebrations to discover their house had been burglarised. A safe containing 1 million baht, gold bars, gold necklaces, and passports had been stolen.
In other news, Pattaya police arrested a 31 year old British national in connection with two separate gold chain snatching incidents targeting Indian and Iranian tourists on December 13 last year. The stolen necklaces were valued at approximately 200,000 baht each.
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