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Suspect in Bt12 million heist may have fled to Malaysia: Thai police
BANGKOK, June 10 (TNA) – Thailand's immigration police on Thursday said a Spanish man with an outstanding arrest warrant in last week's Bt12 million (about US$368,000) theft might have fled to neighbouring Malaysia, and coordination with that country's auithorities is being sought to catch the suspect.
Thai police at the Songkhla immigration checkpoint said a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera captured images of a Colombian man in a blue shirt bearing a striking resemblance to the missing suspect
in the heist at Krung Thai Bank headquarters in the Nana area of Sukhumvit Road.
The man captured by the surveillance camera was identified as Antonio Raul Gomez, the name and nationality in his counterfeited passport, said Pol. Maj-Gen. Sumeth Ruangsawat of the Songkhla immigration checkpoint.
Meanwhile, a taxi driver said he was hired by Mr Gomez to drop him at the Thai-Malaysian border but the suspect had no passport and border pass when requested to show the documents.
The driver refused to give him a ride to the neighbouring country.
The witness described the suspect as having a short hair style with a fake mole on his lip and carrying a large baggage.
Thai immigration police presumed that Mr Gomez might have fled to Malaysia, and are coordinating with Malaysian officials to track and apprehend the Spanish national for further legal process.
Police in Krabi on Wednesday detained three suspects, one American and two Columbians, for involvement in the theft from a vehicle at Krung Thai headquarters in Bangkok.
The trio denied all charges but one Colombian told the investigator team his name, Cristiano Zidel Rodiguez.
During the investigation, Mr Rodiguez gave confusing information and was unable to specify how he got Bt300,000 (over $9,000) cash which was recovered during the arrest.
Initially police found no involvement with the theft, but charged the three men with possession and use of counterfeited passports.
On June 4, closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the Nana area captured a group of men breaking a pickup triuck window and removing Bt12 million ($368,000) cash in the vehicle, parked in front of the Krung Thai Bank headquarters. (TNA)
Thai police at the Songkhla immigration checkpoint said a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera captured images of a Colombian man in a blue shirt bearing a striking resemblance to the missing suspect
in the heist at Krung Thai Bank headquarters in the Nana area of Sukhumvit Road.
The man captured by the surveillance camera was identified as Antonio Raul Gomez, the name and nationality in his counterfeited passport, said Pol. Maj-Gen. Sumeth Ruangsawat of the Songkhla immigration checkpoint.
Meanwhile, a taxi driver said he was hired by Mr Gomez to drop him at the Thai-Malaysian border but the suspect had no passport and border pass when requested to show the documents.
The driver refused to give him a ride to the neighbouring country.
The witness described the suspect as having a short hair style with a fake mole on his lip and carrying a large baggage.
Thai immigration police presumed that Mr Gomez might have fled to Malaysia, and are coordinating with Malaysian officials to track and apprehend the Spanish national for further legal process.
Police in Krabi on Wednesday detained three suspects, one American and two Columbians, for involvement in the theft from a vehicle at Krung Thai headquarters in Bangkok.
The trio denied all charges but one Colombian told the investigator team his name, Cristiano Zidel Rodiguez.
During the investigation, Mr Rodiguez gave confusing information and was unable to specify how he got Bt300,000 (over $9,000) cash which was recovered during the arrest.
Initially police found no involvement with the theft, but charged the three men with possession and use of counterfeited passports.
On June 4, closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the Nana area captured a group of men breaking a pickup triuck window and removing Bt12 million ($368,000) cash in the vehicle, parked in front of the Krung Thai Bank headquarters. (TNA)
