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Police nab one Colombian suspect in Bt12 million theft
BANGKOK, June 13 (TNA) - Thai police have arrested a Colombian man suspected to have joined with three other accomplices in the theft of Bt12 million from a vehicle parked in front of Bangkok's Krung Thai Bank headquarters 10 days ago, a senior police officer said Sunday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont said Omar Giovvany Rodiguez Aponte, for whom an arrest warrant was issued by the Bangkok criminal court earlier, was apprehended Saturday evening at his hotel room. Police also seized Bt108,000 which was part of the allegedly stolen money found in his possession.
Police later searched three other rooms in the hotel which his alleged associates had stayed earlier and found Bt150,000 hidden behind a ceiling in a bathroom, Gen Santhan said.
He said there were altogether four men who took part in stealing Bt12 million on June 4 from a pickup truck parked outside the Krung Thai Bank headquarters in the Nana area of the capital’s Sukhumvit Road.
Gen Santhan said another suspect, identified as Gorge Miguel Sarmiento, is believed to have fled Thailand with the rest of the stolen money while police would request a court to issue arrest warrants for two other Colombian suspects identified as Wuiilsow Sarmiento and Carla Maria Vorrea Londono. They are believed to be hiding in the country.
The suspects allegedly smashed a car window of the pickup truck and lifted the Bt12 million in a daring heist in front of the bank.
Pol Lt-Gen Santhan said the Colombian suspect who was nabbed Saturday had no connection with three other robbers arrested earlier from a hotel room in the southern resort province of Krabi. (TNA)
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont said Omar Giovvany Rodiguez Aponte, for whom an arrest warrant was issued by the Bangkok criminal court earlier, was apprehended Saturday evening at his hotel room. Police also seized Bt108,000 which was part of the allegedly stolen money found in his possession.
Police later searched three other rooms in the hotel which his alleged associates had stayed earlier and found Bt150,000 hidden behind a ceiling in a bathroom, Gen Santhan said.
He said there were altogether four men who took part in stealing Bt12 million on June 4 from a pickup truck parked outside the Krung Thai Bank headquarters in the Nana area of the capital’s Sukhumvit Road.
Gen Santhan said another suspect, identified as Gorge Miguel Sarmiento, is believed to have fled Thailand with the rest of the stolen money while police would request a court to issue arrest warrants for two other Colombian suspects identified as Wuiilsow Sarmiento and Carla Maria Vorrea Londono. They are believed to be hiding in the country.
The suspects allegedly smashed a car window of the pickup truck and lifted the Bt12 million in a daring heist in front of the bank.
Pol Lt-Gen Santhan said the Colombian suspect who was nabbed Saturday had no connection with three other robbers arrested earlier from a hotel room in the southern resort province of Krabi. (TNA)
