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The engine parts from water pumps which Bunjob ‘Noi’ Dankratork, inset, stole from villages across the province.

Easier than robbing houses

A husband and wife couple in Buri Ram have been nabbed for stealing water pumps from villages across the province in a crime spree going back three years.

Buri Ram provincial police last week arrested Bunjob “Noi” Dankratork, 48, and his wife, Liam Srisupan, 54, from Nong Ki district. They admitted stealing water pumps, stripping them for parts and selling them to a second-hand goods store.

Mr Noi would head out at night, find a pump he hadn’t yet stolen, and bring it home with a plastic or metal basin covering his misdeed. When morning broke he would strip it down and ask…

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