Man arrested for damaging ATM

Man arrested for damaging ATM

Prachya Anuwongnawarat shows police how he smashed an ATM screen in Muang district in Phitsanulok on Monday. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha)
Prachya Anuwongnawarat shows police how he smashed an ATM screen in Muang district in Phitsanulok on Monday. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha)

PHITSANULOK - A man who threw a tantrum and damaged an ATM that withheld the cash he tried to withdraw was arrested by police on Monday.

Police apprehended Prachya Anuwongnawarat outside the Government Savings Bank in Muang district following a report he had smashed an ATM's screen, Pol Capt Salee Duangupara said.

The damaged ATM screen. (Photo by Chinnawat Singha)

The 21-year-old man told police he lost his temper after he was unable to get any money from the machine, despite inserting his card and trying to make a withdrawal several times.

He first used his fist to bang on the ATM,  and followed that up with a stone he found nearby and used to damage the screen, Capt Salee said. 

The man was charged with damaging the bank's property.

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