25 year old arrested over theft of gold jewellery valued over 2 million baht in Pattaya
PHOTOS: The Nation
An employee of a hotel in Pattaya has been arrested over the alleged robbery of a gold shop in Pattaya. He netted 1.65 kilograms of gold jewellery with a value of 2.18 million baht at the weekend.
35 year old Sornchai Nilsonthi is accused of robbing the Suppatra Yaowaraj gold shop at the Big C shopping mall in Chon Buri’s Sattahip district at 10.20am last Sunday.
Police allege Sornchai used a BB air gun to deceive the staff into believing he was carrying a lethal firearm. He then robbed the store of gold necklaces and bracelets worth 2.18 million baht.
Although the suspect concealed his face with a mask, police say they managed to identify him from the licence plate of the motorcycle he had ridden to and from the gold shop.
Police report that they had carried out an intensive manhunt following the robbery, with Sornchai eventually turning himself in to Phachi police station in Ayutthaya last night (Monday).
Police were able to retrieve all of the stolen items from his rented room in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district.
SOURCE: The Nation
