News Forum - Chon Buri thief snatches wheels reportedly worth 35,000 baht

[Thaiger]

A sneaky thief has stolen all 4 wheels off a factory worker’s truck in Sri Racha district of Chon Buri yesterday. The disheartened worker, 30 year old Wattana Sareetham, told The Pattaya News that the alloy wheels are worth 35,000 baht. He said he doesn’t have enough money to replace them, and therefore is crossing his fingers for police to catch the suspect. Officers at the Nong Kham Police Station say at least 2 thieves must have collaborated, since it took a lot of time to remove all the wheels. Officers plan to watch security footage to track down the thieves. Wattana […]

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[Guest1]

4 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The disheartened worker, 30 year old Wattana Sareetham, told The Pattaya News that the alloy wheels are worth 35,000 baht. He said he doesn’t have enough money to replace them

That is Nuts!

Now he has to do the loan payment for the car, but can't even drive it?

Better get some (minimum 3 per wheel ;-) sets of these, next time then:

They will at least make it more time consuming, to steel the wheels

[L-Dogg]

Locking lug nuts are great, add about 1/2 a second per wheel nut. So lets say 5 lug pattern, that's a full 2.5 seconds per wheel, or a whole additional 10 seconds added to the theft.

Edited May 13, 2022 by L-Dogg

[Fanta]

12 hours ago, Thaiger said:

that the alloy wheels are worth 35,000 baht.

35,000 baht for wheels but can’t spare 20,000 baht for insurance? Smart man! 

[RJBT]

I am sure a guy with a truck  this valuable should have full comprehensive insurance The truck seems reasonably new. 

If he does not have insurance why is he on the road with the vehicle