Rimmer Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 3 arrested for burglary of Irish expat’s Pattaya house PATTAYA:--Three people have been arrested for the May 4 burglary of an Irishman’s house in East Pattaya. Wasan Panpream, 26, Rachata Kumsart, 37, and Napaporn Pradub, 27, were apprehended in Nakhon Pathom. Police announced their arrest May 15 and displayed 56,760 baht in cash recovered along with about 6-baht-weight in gold jewelry and amulets. Authorities also seized their pickup truck, motorbike and mobile phones. Wasan and Rachata were charged with burglarizing the Lakeview Exclusive Villa home of Christopher Knight, 69, ransacking the house and prying open the safe containing 13,000 euros (462,800 baht). Illustrating their contempt for Knight’s home security system, they ripped out the closed-circuit TV server and tossed alarm equipment into the pool, police said. The two suspects claimed the house was left unlocked. Following the burglary, the pair then fled to the Nakhon Pathom house of his Rachata’s wife, Napaporn, who was charged with harboring a fugitive and being an accomplice to the crime. -- PATTAYA MAIL 2019-05-18-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, Rimmer said: The two suspects claimed the house was left unlocked. Ah, that is o.k. then, must be the owners fault. He left the house open so we thought we could help ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, Rimmer said: 56,760 baht in cash recovered I suggest Mr Knight keep his money in a bank and not in a toy-safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 The 2 suspects said the house was unlocked!!!! Shock horror. Must remember to lock the house in future or somebody might steal the 200 baht i keep at home.???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 So 462,000 Baht gone, and 56.000 recovered with some gold. Good work by the BIB to catch then but they must have been having one hell of a good time to have spunked the rest in such short order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That picture .. Is it some sort of charades game where they are pretending to take the safe for a walk on a lead .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 5 hours ago, darksidedog said: So 462,000 Baht gone, and 56.000 recovered with some gold. Good work by the BIB to catch then but they must have been having one hell of a good time to have spunked the rest in such short order. Sell their pickup, hand the dosh over to Pat...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 6 hours ago, AhFarangJa said: Ah, that is o.k. then, must be the owners fault. He left the house open so we thought we could help ourselves. ...and now the famous Wai will fix it all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Where are all the: Police are lazy and do nothing and Thais are never arrested crowd? Great job by the RTP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.d Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 2 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Where are all the: Police are lazy and do nothing and Thais are never arrested crowd? Great job by the RTP! And what do you honestly think cracked the case??? A fingerprint on the window or a couple of cops requesting an "investigation fee"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 So where are the rest of the money, this story is not complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigand Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 OK, if a random house robbing job then fine but often these are not random jobs despite what bile the perps spout. However: 1. Don't buy a safe with hinges on the outside as that's for muppets. 2. There is a reason we have things called banks ... QED 3. If you do buy a not-too-big sized personal safe then you have to think about who actually knows you have it/where it is and how you buy it plus get it to your house. You don't just pop down HomePro and buy one, then swipe your points card through after putting it on your credit card and then have them deliver it to your house and plonk it in your bedroom or office, then tip the deliver guys as that would mean many many know where it is. Suggest buy it cash and no ID plus carting it away in a truck on your lonesome involving as few people as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 14 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Where are all the: Police are lazy and do nothing and Thais are never arrested crowd? Great job by the RTP! I stand by my opinion. I have been in a cop shop office in Jomtien and witnessed a fat, desk-bound cop ask for 10,000 baht to prosecute a car thief who had been caught red handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grollies Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 5/19/2019 at 8:11 AM, mikebell said: I stand by my opinion. I have been in a cop shop office in Jomtien and witnessed a fat, desk-bound cop ask for 10,000 baht to prosecute a car thief who had been caught red handed. Did you get the car back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 11 hours ago, grollies said: Did you get the car back? The thief sold it in Cambodia; the owner (a nurse) had rented it out to help off the bank loan. She ended up paying the bank for four years for a car she didn't have because she didn't have the correct insurance. The thief, a woman, had done it with two other cars but was never prosecuted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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