3 Trays of Gold swiped at famous Chinatown gold shop –CCTV VIDEO

A thief who had been scoping out a  gold shop at a famous mall in Bueng Kan, made a sweep of 3 large trays of gold worth millions of Baht.

The gold shop was in Chinatown at the Bangkok Tesco Lotus Shopping Center.

At 7:30 pm on 31 July 63, police officers from Muang Bueng Kan Police Station were alerted by 191 dispatch center that a robbery just took place at a gold shop Inside the Tesco Lotus shopping mall Located on Luang Road 212, Bueng Kan-Nakhon Phanom.

The pursuit began at a  red light intersection after officers sealed off the entire parameter in search of the criminal.

An Inspection of the gold shop took place inside the Bangkok Tesco Lotus branch where 4 salesgirls were still shaking from the incident and eager to talk to the police.

The girls said, that a man came in at around 7:30 pm, he wore a gray long-sleeved round neck shirt, black trousers, white canvas shoes, yellow baseball cap, black mask, and carrying a small black duffle bag. They noticed the man walking around the shop many times and seemed to be observing us waiting for the shop to close.  But the girls never put two and two together and passed him off as a normal customer.

The man left the gold shop but later returned after the store had emptied. He then pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and threatened he would shoot if anyone tried anything. The girls were ordered to lay down on the ground as he swept three trays of gold into his black duffle bag worth millions of Baht before hopping back over the counter and fleeing the shop.

The girls laid down in shock until the thief disappeared into the night without a trace although a CCTV captured the whole incident.

Later,  Bueng Kan Police collected fingerprint evidence after reviewing the CCTV evidence and have issued a hunt for the thief.

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