Chonburi: Two Britons arrested for ATM heists, copied "Fast Five" movie

Printable View

29-06-2012, 04:23 PM
StrontiumDog

Chonburi: Two Britons arrested for ATM heists, copied "Fast Five" movie
Two Britons arrested for ATM heists | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Two Britons arrested for ATM heists
- Published: 29/06/2012 at 04:15 PM
- Online news:
Two British men arrested for trying to steal ATMs from three banks in Chon Buri province have admitted they tried to copy a robbery depicted in the Hollywood action movie "Fast Five", chief of Chon Buri police said on Friday.

The suspects, Alexander Milbourn, 25, and Shaun Edward Tracy, 34, were nabbed on Thursday after they and another unidentified Briton, who is still at large, allegedly attempted to yank ATMs out of the wall at three bank branches in Si Racha district, using nylon ropes attached to a car, Pol Maj Gen Jamnong Rattanakul told a news conference

In all three attempted robberies, the men were able to tear the ATMs out of the building wall in the early hours of the morning, but failed to open them and take any money out before fleeing because the banks’ alarms were activated and local residents had been woken up.

Police seized from them two nylon slings, four metal hooks, a Nissan sedan and a Nissan pickup truck.

The latest attempted ATM theft was at the Bank of Ayudhya’s Pak Ruam Intersection branch on early Thursday morning.

Mr Milbourn and Mr Tracy allegedly told police they had been living in Thailand for more than 10 years but did not have jobs. They decided to commit the crime after they had run out of money.

They said they had tried to emulate a robbery committed by the main characters in the “Fast Five” movie, who in one scene used two Dodge Challengers to drag a huge vault from a building wall.

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
Photo by Jerdsak Saengthongcharoen

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
Photo by Jerdsak Saengthongcharoen

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
Photo by Jerdsak Saengthongcharoen
29-06-2012, 04:32 PM
StrontiumDog

Additional photos from Daily News-of the Brits being paraded earlier today....

à¸ˆà¸±à¸š2à¹‚à¸ˆà¸£à¸à¸£à¸±à¹ˆà¸‡à¸¥à¸²à¸à¸•à¸¹à ¹‰à¹€à¸[at]à¸—à¸µà¹€à¸[at]à¹‡à¸¡ à¸[at]à¹‰à¸²à¸‡à¹€à¸¥à¸µà¸¢à¸™à¹à¸šà¸šà¸«à¸™à¸±à¸‡à¸”à¸ ±à¸‡ | à¹€à¸”à¸¥à¸´à¸™à¸´à¸§à¸ªà¹Œ

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
29-06-2012, 04:48 PM
BobR

They've got to be wishing they had just gone home. Thai bankers have a lot of clout, would not want to be them.
29-06-2012, 04:48 PM
harrybarracuda

Oh dear, how fucking thick are some people?

:smileylaughing:
29-06-2012, 04:50 PM
Panty Hamster

Desperate and dim, not a good combination.
29-06-2012, 05:01 PM
Bangyai

Here's a little anagram for them to ponder whilst doing their porridge :

Headsdick re'we

I was listening to this at 6.00am today on the way to set up stall at the market. Apparently police were also tipped off by hardware shop owner who reported some dodgy falangs buying thick rope etc. Twats.

Looking at the bright side ( for them ) at least they won't be going home. They'll get free accomodation and food for a few years and get to meet a lot of other like minded people. Almost everything they dreamt of.
29-06-2012, 05:17 PM
BobR

Surprising it worked at all, cannot imagine what you would attach the rope to on that car or pick up that could take the force of pulling an atm/vault out of a wall.
29-06-2012, 05:34 PM
jamescollister

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobR

Surprising it worked at all, cannot imagine what you would attach the rope to on that car or pick up that could take the force of pulling an atm/vault out of a wall.

They are free standing ATMs, only bolted to the floor. Jim
29-06-2012, 05:41 PM
BobR

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobR

Surprising it worked at all, cannot imagine what you would attach the rope to on that car or pick up that could take the force of pulling an atm/vault out of a wall.

They are free standing ATMs, only bolted to the floor. Jim

Thanks.
29-06-2012, 05:59 PM
StrontiumDog

There is video of them actually doing this too...I will try to find a YouTube version of it...

Pattaya One are running the story too....not much more to add...

Two Pattaya Brits arrested following three bungled ATM Robberies | Pattaya One - Pattaya News, Thailand News, World News, updated 24 hours a day

Two Pattaya Brits arrested following three bungled ATM Robberies

29th June 2012

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif

Two of three British suspects thought to be involved in the theft of three ATM machines within Chonburi Province have been arrested by Provincial Transnational Crime Suppression Police Officers.

The three incidents occurred in Laem Chabang and Bowin which is in Sriracha District.

Police were able to arrest the suspects by-chance after they traced the nylon cord used to grab the ATM machines to a shop in Sriracha District.

When Police went to the shop, the two suspects were inside and later found to be the two involved in the ATM thefts.

Police Lieutenant General Panya, Region 2 Police Commissioner, held a press conference at Chonburi Police Headquarters on Friday morning to announce the arrest of Mr. Alexander Milbourn aged 24 and Mr. Shaun Edward Tracy aged 34 who were both unemployed and had resided in Pattaya for the last 10 years.

They had allegedly devised a plan with a third man, also British, known only as “Richard”, to use Nylon rope attached to a rented vehicle with the other end attached to the cash box of the ATM machine which would then be yanked from the wall.

In all three cases the cash boxes could not be opened and the broken ATM machines would be abandoned by the assailants.

The men are thought to have gained inspiration for the robberies from the “Fast Five” Movie which used the same method to successfully remove money from ATM Machines.

Police are now hunting for the third suspect in this case and for now Mr. Milbourn and Mr. Tracy remain behind bars pending Court proceedings.

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif

https://teakdoor.com/images/smilies1/You_Rock_Emoticon.gif
29-06-2012, 06:13 PM
harrybarracuda

Third suspect? I wonder if he'll manage to sneak out?
29-06-2012, 06:55 PM
stuie

^^ Hope he does !! and look at the cocky police in the pics. Clever c ts eh !
29-06-2012, 08:41 PM
Breny

I wonder if the police are selling the strops?, only used three times.
29-06-2012, 08:44 PM
Breny

Never mind the "fast five film", How about the "thick as shit three".
No sequel in the pipeline just yet, try 26yrs from now.
30-06-2012, 08:37 AM
laymond

stupid pommy konts,goodnight irene,goodnight irene,ill see you in my dreams.
30-06-2012, 08:50 AM
BobR

Life must be gloomy when you're looking at a long time in prison.

Anyone catch this video from the USA Thursday, another defendant looking at a long prison term apparently killed himself in the courtroom immediately after the verdict was read.
Man Found Guilty Commits Suicide In The Courtroom! - YouTube
30-06-2012, 09:10 AM
Notnow

Cop t-shirt

What is the escorting cops t-shirt? It looks like a chimp and says 'Save Anna'. Is she in remand prison too?
30-06-2012, 10:06 AM
sabang

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

Mr. Alexander Milbourn aged 24 and Mr. Shaun Edward Tracy aged 34 who were both unemployed and had resided in Pattaya for the last 10 years.

So young Alex has lived in Pattaya since he was 14? Impressive.
30-06-2012, 10:47 AM
Sailing into trouble

They went back to the shop that they bought the rope from? They also left new strops at the crime scene? These guys can not be described as professionals now can they?

How long do you get in Thailand for bank robbery and how long for stupidity?
30-06-2012, 01:12 PM
hazz

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobR

Surprising it worked at all, cannot imagine what you would attach the rope to on that car or pick up that could take the force of pulling an atm/vault out of a wall.

They are free standing ATMs, only bolted to the floor. Jim

At the end of the day, no amount of physical security can stop someone breaking into something; but then the reality is that all you need is enough security to delay the thieves long enough for people to respond to your actions.

Looks like bolting to the floor and some locked steel is genuinely enough here.

As for our embarrassingly thick criminals. three attempts before they worked out they needed to rethink their. why the fuck didn't they rent a truck, something to pull the atm into the truck so they could drive off with the thing under a tarpaulin.

Property crime at night gets you a very long stretch. what did those essex boys get for just putting a skimmer on an ATM? these chaps should get far more time

Quote:

How long do you get in Thailand for bank robbery and how long for stupidity?

the only precedent I can think of was the chap caught in lubrini park with drugs he successfully smuggled though the airport. he got 50 years... I think 20 for the smuggling and 30 for stupidity