Masked robber steals 1.6 million baht in gold from Samut Sakhon mall

A lone gunman wearing a rider’s jacket robbed a gold shop inside a Samut Sakhon mall at gunpoint on Thursday evening, making off with 23 baht weight of gold jewellery worth over 1.6 million baht. Police have set up a pursuit team.

At 7.40pm on May 1, the 191 radio centre at Samut Sakhon Provincial Police Command received a report of an armed robbery at Yaowarat Bangkok Gold Shop, located inside a department store in Moo 4, Ko Khok subdistrict, Mueang district.

Region 7 commissioner Pisit Tanprasert, Samut Sakhon provincial police chief Teeradej Atipakul, Ko Khok Police Station chief Chakkraphong Trabdee, and investigation deputy superintendent Chaiphum Chalorngphum were informed and led officers to the scene.

Staff at the shop said the suspect was a man approximately 170 centimetres tall, wearing a rider’s jacket and a balaclava to conceal his face. He walked into the store, drew a short automatic pistol, threatened employees, then leapt over a glass display counter, snatched the gold jewellery, and fled the mall on foot.

Pisit ordered investigative teams from Ko Khok Police Station, Samut Sakhon Provincial Police, and Region 7 to track the suspect’s escape route as quickly as possible. Forensic officers have collected latent fingerprints from the scene to support the investigation, reported KhaoSod.