News Forum - Armed robber makes off with 160,000 baht from Phuket Tesco

[Thaiger]

Bank robberies are generally violent affairs, with lots of drama, some shots fired, and an injury or death. But this wasn’t the case when a stick-up occurred yesterday afternoon at a Tesco Lotus department store in Phuket. The cheeky armed robber wandered into the store in the Rawai area of Muang district shortly before 1pm and casually made off with 160,000 baht in cash as if he had just been shopping. The robbery took everybody by surprise. So much so that the security guard, Tarakorn, thought the man, named Wiwat, who was wearing a black cap, grey v-neck t-shirt, and three-quarter shorts, […]

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[dingdong]

a lot of pain ahead for this unfortunate fellow...just read "a prayer before dawn"

they dish out long, very long sentences here in Thailand and the convict faces harsh inhumane jail conditions...

I wonder if anyone survives a thai prison will be a better man after ..or will it bring out the worst in him ???

 

Edited July 26, 2022 by dingdong

[ExpatPattaya]

At least he wanted to pay off his debts, albeit by the wrong method

[Cleite]

You can see that he is already old, I think he had a headache. He will be in prison for the rest of his life. And he could die beautifully in freedom. What a fool

[ChrisS]

Not envying this guy with a spell in a Thai prison to look forward to. How could he think that armed robbery was the answer to his debts?

[palooka]

Why are the cash registers holding so much cash? 

Cash registers should be cleared of all 1000 baht notes constantly. Fools and their money.

 

[Marc26]

I read that as 160k TACOS   5555