Police are attempting to find a thief who stole 15 gold necklaces valued at almost 500,000 baht from a gold shop in a Robinson shopping center within the Baan Chang district of Rayong, in the eastern part of Thailand.
According to Piyanoot, an worker at Premium Gold Yaowarat on the mall’s first flooring, the robbery occurred around 3pm yesterday when there weren’t many patrons round. She and one other feminine worker had been present within the store when a man wearing a brown bucket hat and a face mask entered.
The man all of a sudden brandished a gun and threatened them. Money feared for his or her safety and hid beneath the counter. The man then hopped onto the gold show counter and snatched 15 gold necklaces from the cupboard behind the counter.
From safety camera footage, the person then dashed to his bronze Honda motorbike parked outside the mall and fled from the scene by dashing towards Sukhumvit Road. Witnesses reported to police that they noticed the thief driving a motorcycle near Haad Phala which is about 13 kilometres away from the crime scene.
Officers from Baan Chang Police Station are nonetheless trying to find the thief.
Two days ago, a gold store in a department store within the Bang Sao Thong district of Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok was robbed of gold necklaces price about 233,000 baht. The thief posed as a buyer. He confirmed curiosity in several necklaces earlier than grabbing four of them and escaping from the shopping mall on a motorcycle.
Another gold theft was reported within the northern province of Chiang Rai on Thursday, April thirteen. A thief entered the gold store in a shopping mall when the store was about to shut. He tried to seize a tray of gold rings from a shop worker’s hands however missed. The determined thief then ran away from the store empty handed. No info regarding his apprehension was reported within the media..