POLICE figures reveal dramatic increases in the number of crimes involving attackers threatening victims with knives and guns, with many of the crimes committed using motorcycles as getaway vehicles.
February's total of 211 cases of serious assaults and robbery throughout Phuket increased to 370 in March. Many of the cases involved robbers working as a team, so 410 people were charged over the 358 cases that police managed to solve.
Arrests involving guns and drugs also increased. The 96 arrests in February increased to 180 in March, a rise approaching 100 percent.
Phuket City police presented 21-year-olds Chaiyut ''Dang'' Sangtong and Ampon ''Bai'' Meelert to the media today. Officers said the two teamed up to rob a couple as they rode home from a wedding at the Metropole Hotel in Phuket City at 3.30am on Sunday.
The couple were threatened with a facsimile gun in the Phuket City suburb of Sam Kong..
The couple's helmet, being well cared for in the basket of the motorcycle, bounced out onto the road. When the couple stopped to retrieve it, the two pounced, officers said.
The couple handed over 10,000 baht and a mobile telephone, said Phuket Police Chief Major General Pekad Tantipong.
Police had the two suspects under arrest quickly, and they confessed to the crime. Khun Dang admitted it was his tenth holdup, but it was the first for Khun Bai.
Phuket's Cape Icon Stung by Brutal BlazeFebruary's total of 211 cases of serious assaults and robbery throughout Phuket increased to 370 in March. Many of the cases involved robbers working as a team, so 410 people were charged over the 358 cases that police managed to solve.
Arrests involving guns and drugs also increased. The 96 arrests in February increased to 180 in March, a rise approaching 100 percent.
Phuket City police presented 21-year-olds Chaiyut ''Dang'' Sangtong and Ampon ''Bai'' Meelert to the media today. Officers said the two teamed up to rob a couple as they rode home from a wedding at the Metropole Hotel in Phuket City at 3.30am on Sunday.
The couple were threatened with a facsimile gun in the Phuket City suburb of Sam Kong..
The couple's helmet, being well cared for in the basket of the motorcycle, bounced out onto the road. When the couple stopped to retrieve it, the two pounced, officers said.
The couple handed over 10,000 baht and a mobile telephone, said Phuket Police Chief Major General Pekad Tantipong.
Police had the two suspects under arrest quickly, and they confessed to the crime. Khun Dang admitted it was his tenth holdup, but it was the first for Khun Bai.
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How about a road block @ Sarasin Bridge and anybody from outside Phuket and unemployed refused entry!
Posted by DD on April 26, 2010 16:47