Money transport robbery

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Money transport robbery

Ungelesener Beitragvon KoratCat » Fr Nov 30, 2007 11:12 am

LAT KRABANG

Policeman shot after truck heist

Bandits hold up armoured van, get away with Bt22m in cash


Three robbers stole Bt22.8 million from an armoured cash transporter in Bangkok yesterday, and nearly killed a policeman in a gunfight after they fled the scene.

Two security officers who manned the truck operated by Siam Administrative Manage-ment Co (Samco), said they were approached by two robbers while transporting money from their vehicle to a Siam Commercial Bank branch in Lat Krabang district.

One robber drew a gun and forced them to lie down while the other threw bags of money into a waiting grey Toyota Altis sedan driven by a third man.

The three bandits fled in the sedan, while a policeman chased it briefly before firing three shots at the car.

Another policeman rushed to intercept the car at a turn 500 metres away near a railway crossing. Pol Sergeant Aran Daengamphol was shot twice - one struck his right knee and the other scratched his neck - when an armed robber returned fire from the fleeing vehicle.

The stolen money had been withdrawn from Siam Commercial Bank's headquarters near the Ratchayothin Intersection. Eight bags contained Bt18.3 million. Another Bt4.5 million snatched in the heist was packed in many bundles.

Witnesses told police the armed robber wore a black jacket, a pair of khaki pants, and had crew-cut hair.

The sedan's licence plate number, which police said was probably fake, was Sor Sala-Jor Jarn 1764, and registered in Bangkok.

Witnesses said they had seen the sedan parked at the scene long before the truck arrived.

Police said both Siam Commercial Bank and Samco employees would be interviewed about whether they had provided inside information to the robbers.

Metropolitan Police chief Lt-General Assawin Khwanmueng said he had asked officers in Provincial Police Region 2, who have jurisdiction over Bangkok's eastern districts, where the robbers appeared to head, to alert patrols to find the sedan or the thieves.

He also instructed police at all 88 stations in Bangkok to watch out for any further hold-ups at gold shops, banks, or especially petrol stations or convenience stores that operate 24 hours.

The Nation Nov. 30, 2007

Could that have been a withdrawal from "frozen accounts"? A lot of money is needed before the elections. :mrgreen:
Es gibt nichts Gutes, ausser man tut es! Erich Kästner, 1899 - 1974

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Another Withdrawal?

Ungelesener Beitragvon newsclip » Sa Dez 15, 2007 10:11 am

Two arrested for Samco truck robbery

Two men have been apprehended and police are still seeking five accomplices who robbed a Siam Administrative Management Co. (Samco) money truck and fled with Bt17.1 million before dawn Friday at a petrol station in Bangkok

The duo reportedly told police investigators that they were employees of the company. Police said they are searching for five other men, including another employee of the firm, who were still at large.

Hours before the two were arrested, police were informed that two cloth bags of Samco had been left unattended in a field on a housing estate at the outskirts of Bangkok.

Police found Bt1.1 million inside one of the bags while they were looking for another Bt16 million which is still missing.

The incident occurred at about 2 am Friday when at least two armed and masked gunmen forced the guard and the driver of a Samco money delivery vehicle to drive from the petrol station to a deserted lane and then took the money into their sedan before escaping. They later abandoned their car on a main road.

Police said they believed Friday's robbery was an inside job because it was the company's second money truck robbery within a month.

Robbers late last month robbed a Samco money truck on the outskirts of Bangkok and got away with Bt23 million. (TNA)

angkok Post Dec. 15, 2007


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