One of the three employees of the Khon Kaen branch of KTB General Services (KTBGS), wanted over the theft of almost 20 million baht destined for Krung Thai Bank's automatic teller machines in the northeastern province has been arrested, police said.
Pol Col Noppadol Phetsut, the Muang district police chief, said Sompote Phosom fled across the border through the Nong Khai immigration checkpoint. With cooperation from Lao police, Mr Sompote was detained and sent back to Khon Kaen on Saturday night.
His two alleged accomplices, Thawatchai Samranbamrung and Surasak Prasertsang, are still at large.
The three men were assigned to deliver 19.7 million baht in cash to supply Krung Thai Bank's ATMs in the Khon Kaen municipality between Monday and Friday.
The bank filed a complaint with police on Saturday after finding that the money was missing as it could not be found in the transaction records of 17 ATMs in the service area, and the three men had disappeared.
According to Pol Col Noppadol, Mr Sompote accused several other people, most of them KTBGS employees, of taking part in the theft.
Police had seized the van used to deliver the money for examination and asked KTBGS to bring other alleged accomplices in for questioning.
Photographs of Mr Thawatchai and Mr Surasak have been sent to all police stations and immigration checkpoints to help intercept them, Pol Col Noppadol said.