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  1. 16-11-2012, 06:31 PM #1
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    Bangkok: Wanted safecracker arrested, 5,000 pairs of ladies underwear found

    Wanted safecracker now behind bars | Bangkok Post: news

    Wanted safecracker now behind bars

    BANGKOK - A professional safecracker wanted for a string of robberies in a number of provinces has been arrested after robbing a Bangkok jeweller of more than 10 million baht.


    5,000 pairs of women panties found in the suspect's closet

    Surprised police also found more than 5,000 pairs of women's panties in a closet at his home, reports said.

    Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thupkrachang on Friday announced the arrest of Danai Raiweth, 48, who was wanted for several robberies.

    The suspect broke into Basel Co Ltd in Don Muang district on the night of Oct 11 and made off with jewellery and cash worth over 10 million baht from the company's safe.

    He was identified from pictures taken by the security cameras installed in the building. Police said the suspect has several outstanding warrants against him. He is wanted in at least four provinces for multiple robberies.

    He was arrested several times but always fled after being allowed bail, police said. Police said Danai is very skilled at cracking safes.

    Police raided the suspect’s home in Klong Samwa district, where he tried to escape by climbing down a rope from his bedroom window, but he fell and broke his leg.

    Police found many stolen items and safe cracking tools at his house, and were also surprised to find more than 5,000 pairs of women's panties in his closet.

    The suspect admitted he had been stealing since he was aged 18. He said he learnt how to crack safes when he spent time in Lad Yao prison, police said.

    He admitted to stealing money and jewellery to find money for his frequent visits to casinos in Cambodia. As for the women's underwear, the suspect said he collects panties as a hobby.
    "Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar
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  2. 16-11-2012, 06:40 PM #2
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  3. 16-11-2012, 06:55 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    As for the women's underwear, the suspect said he collects panties as a hobby.
    Not a bad hobby, I suppose...I'm surprised there are any women left with panties in Bangkok, what with the sheer number of panty bandits running around...and these are only the ones we hear about...
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  4. 16-11-2012, 07:00 PM #4
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    some wonderful barely suppressed smirking amongst the police crew in those photos.

    the panty collecting hobbyist reminds me of the hapless quasimodo, the hunchback of notre dame as portrayed by charles laughton in the classic black and white film from the thirties.

    .... well, maybe a semi blacked up laughton
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  5. 16-11-2012, 08:09 PM #5
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    poor sod, nothing wrong with havent an addiction to knickers..........
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  6. 16-11-2012, 09:59 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    Police found many stolen items and safe cracking tools at his house
    Spot the safe cracking tool being displayed
    Appropriate for Thai safes
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  7. 16-11-2012, 10:16 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    Police found many stolen items and safe cracking tools at his house
    Does 'safe cracking tools' include ones to force open the safe, or only ones to figure out the combination/keys, or both?
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  8. 17-11-2012, 02:11 AM #8
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    It's the second time this year he has been caught with thousands of pairs of stolen panties. In January he was found with more than a thousand items of underwear in the boot of his car and then several thousand more were uncovered at his house during a subsequent search.

    His wife was found wearing some of the stolen gems (not panties) in the latest bust.
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  9. 17-11-2012, 10:01 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    He was arrested several times but always fled after being allowed bail, police said.
    So, is the panty sniffer getting bail this time?



    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    As for the women's underwear, the suspect said he collects panties as a hobby.
    Every man needs a hobby.
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  10. 17-11-2012, 11:13 AM #10
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    Everyone's gotta have a hobby...!
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  11. 17-11-2012, 02:06 PM #11
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    Interesting hobby. Wonder if all the pantie bandits have a secret club, where they meet to compare collections and swap doubles? Hmm, gets my anorak and pebble glasses out ready.
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  12. 17-11-2012, 04:58 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by BaitongBoy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    As for the women's underwear, the suspect said he collects panties as a hobby.
    Not a bad hobby, I suppose...I'm surprised there are any women left with panties in Bangkok, what with the sheer number of panty bandits running around...and these are only the ones we hear about...
    Check out the ones in front of you as they ascend the stairs to BTS stations.
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