A lone robber staged a daring broad-daylight robbery of a bank’s money delivery van and escaped with five million baht in cash.
The holdup occurred in front of an ATM at the PTT petrol station in Song Phinong district of Suphan Buri on Monday.
Quoting eyewitnesses, police said that the robber, brandishing a 9mm handgun, approached three employees of the security company which provides money delivery service after the left the van with a big bag containing five million baht in cash to be put into the ATM.
The robber, aged between 35-40 years and about 170 cm tall, fired three shots into the air from his handgun and forced the three employees to hand him the money bag. Then he sped away in a motorcycle which has no license plate.
Police said that the robber unknowingly dropped his smart phone at the crime scene.
Pol Maj-Gen Sukhon Pornmayon, the Suphan Buri police chief, later arrived at the petrol station. He said the robber could be a man in uniform because he appeared to have experience in handling gun.
Police checked the footages of CCTV system at the petrol station and found the robber wearing a crash helmet covering up his face.
A gunman robs a money delivery van of 5 million baht in cash |