Bank robber makes off with B1.3m | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Bank robber makes off with B1.3m

Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 21.39
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UDON THANI - A lone man armed with a knife robbed a Bangkok Bank branch in Udon Thani municipality on Sunday and made off with 1.3 million baht in cash.

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Footage from a surveillance camera at the bank showed an unidentified man of large build, wearing a full face helmet entering the bank in Big C supermarket on Nittayo Road at 4pm and threatening a female employee with what appeared to be a garden or kitchen knife, about 40 cm long.

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JustHuman
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Discussion 7 : 18 Mar 2013 at 13.297
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Just a small knife for 1.3m Baht, no bad at all! Haha, D4 might just hit the nail! It said "Details were unclear on why the bank’s security failed to prevent the robbery." Walking into a Bank with a full face helmet and the Security Guide might even open the door for him. If you cannot trust the Police, can you trust the Security Guide? Anyway, I am sure many of us have walked into Banks before. Have you ever see or feel that the Bank Security Guide in Thailand are more like a maid? I've seen them cleaning glass door, tidying the Forms, asking customers what they want to do and help pressing ticket button and some even sweeping floor!
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Discussion 6 : 18 Mar 2013 at 09.586
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'Details were unclear on why the bank’s security failed to prevent the robbery.' Funny. Everyone knows security guards are only there for show and to open the door for customers. Thai security is an oxymoron.
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justfacts
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Discussion 5 : 18 Mar 2013 at 09.065
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#2 the atm charge is no different than the foreign currency charge imposed by banks in the western world
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canuck
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Discussion 4 : 18 Mar 2013 at 07.434
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Sounds like an inside job.
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amerman
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Discussion 3 : 18 Mar 2013 at 05.263
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Funny how the girl in the chair doesn't even move. She looks angry that the guy jumped in front of her. How rude. He could have waited his turn.
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Discussion 2 : 18 Mar 2013 at 03.002
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The police should have noticed a Thai actually wearing a motorcycle helmet and know something strange was happening. I stopped feeling any pity for Thai banks a few years back when they imposed that arbitrary 150 Baht surcharge on foreign ATM withdrawals.
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Discussion 1 : 18 Mar 2013 at 00.061
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Not a bad return on a 100 baht investment. Seems to me that this crime came off a little bit too easy.

Kind of like the rice scheme.
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