Police arrest diamond thieves
Published: 15/05/2012 at 12:30 PM
TRANG - Police have arrested four foreigners and a Thai man on charges of stealing diamonds and gems worth 30 million baht in a smash and grab heist in Phuket.
Pol Lt Col Chakraphan Chantawana, chief of Trang Highway Police, announced the arrests at a press briefing on Tuesday morning.
He did not identify them or give their nationalities.
He said the five suspects on May 9 allegedly smashed the rear window of a car belonging to Thongsak Jittakarnlert, owner of Expert Gems Manufacturing Co Ltd, and stole a bag containing diamonds and gems worth more than 30 million baht in the vehicle.
Mr Thongsak told the police that he brought the jewelry from his business in Bangkok to a jewellery fair in Phuket.
Police used footage from a closed-circuit television camera to identify and track down the suspects.
The thieves fled in a rented pickup truck, which was traced, and were later caught at a security checkpoint while driving in Trang province.
The stolen jewellery and an amount of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, were found in the vehicle.
One of the five suspects, a female foreigner, was able to escape during the arrest.
The four suspects refused to give statements to investigators, Pol Lt Col Chakraphan said.
The Phuket Gazette reported earlier today that police in Trang had arrested a Russian man, two Malaysian women and a Thai man in connection with the robbery, and that one of the women had fled after asking to go to the toilet.
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