Update: Five of seven suspects arrested in 197-million-yen heist
Police have arrested five suspects in Monday’s theft of 197.96 million yen from a Bangkok jewellery exporter. Two more suspects are being sought.
Pol Maj Gen Sompong Chingduang, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said formal arrest warrants had been obtained for all seven suspects.
Narongchai Sawasdiphol, who the exporter employed to carry the cash from Japan, was the first to be caught on Wednesday night.
Police allege that Narongchai planned the robbery with his brother-in-law, who was arrested along with him at their Bangkok house.
Most of the other suspects also worked for the exporter.
Police found all of the stolen cash still in the same carry-on luggage snatched from employees of gold and jewellery exporter Pattharit Taerattanachai, 34, in the Ratchada Pavilion condominium parking lot at 11.15pm on Monday.
The money is equivalent to Bt58.6 million.
Police on Wednesday night also retrieved a pickup truck stolen during the robbery. It was abandoned at an intersection near the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand head office in Bangkok’s Huay Kwang district.
