UPDATE
Police organised checkpoints and were also closely looking at Phuket bus terminal. A teller said the man used Bangkok language but spoke with a southern accent. he wore jeans and white sneakers.
Original Report
PHUKET: Police all over Phuket were on the alert today for an armed bank bandit who fled with 2.7 million baht after a gunpoint robbery in Phuket City.
The man was last seen heading north on a motorcycle up Thepkasattri Road, Phuket's main artery, from the bank branch where he staged the raid and made his getaway in less than a minute.
Wearing a dark blue jacket and a full-face helmet, the man pulled a gun and demanded cash from a teller about 3pm at the Kasikorn branch near Supercheap.
He fled with 2.7 million baht and headed north up Phuket's main road on a blue-white Honda Wave.
Phuketwan placed this article online within one hour of the robbery and the photograph was added just 65 minutes after the raid.
"Phuketwan placed this article online within one hour of the robbery and the photograph was added just 65 minutes after the raid."
Hmmm ... another gong for Alan & Co but "one hour"... what was the hold-up?
Posted by Amazed in Thailand on October 31, 2012 18:53
Editor Comment:
We haven't learned to tweet yet.