ATM theft: police nab debt-driven man who stole 400,000 baht

Police in Nakhon Si Thammarat have successfully apprehended a lone desperate man responsible for the theft a Krungthai bank’s ATM. The incident took place in front of the Rajaprajanukroh 8 School, a secluded area in the Ban Na Thap community. The arrest was made following an investigation into the theft from August 16, where the culprit made away with almost 400,000 baht.

Yesterday, Superintendent Tor Sak Sareerat, of the Tha Sala Police Station in Nakhon Si Thammarat with his deputies and investigation officers, arrested the suspect. The 32 year old Anucha Nunoi was captured at his residence within Moo 5, Tha Khuen, Tha Sala, Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Along with him, police confiscated a blowtorch, a gas cylinder, an oxygen tank, and 216,000 baht in cash likely stolen from the ATM theft as evidence. Anucha claimed that the remaining stolen funds had been…