Pattaya, Thailand— Authorities apprehended 2 guys thought to be part of a criminal gang accountable for taking highway electrical lines on the Pattaya-Mab Ta Put Rayong area of Highway 7, in Banglamung district, triggering considerable damage worth countless baht.
The 2 suspects, determined as Anulak, aged 35, and Traipob, aged 31, were apprehended quickly after midnight on September 13. Authorities think that the 2 people teamed up in a series of criminal acts targeting crucial electrical facilities along this highway area, leading to substantial damage. They are now dealing with charges associated with ‘damaging and utilizing electrical products for unapproved functions throughout nighttime hours’.
This event belongs to a wider pattern of criminal activity that has actually pestered the area in current weeks. In late August, a group of 3 to 4 wrongdoers utilized large-sized cutting tools to sever highway fences and electrical lines along the exact same stretch of Highway 7, particularly at kilometer marker 125 in Banglamung district.
The wrongdoers stayed unnoticed up until highway patrol officers came across the scene while the criminal offenses remained in development. This resulted in a pursuit and fight with the wrongdoers, leading to the arrest of one suspect, Butakeo, a 38-year-old Laotian nationwide. Sadly, the staying perpetrators handled to leave. The damage brought on by this group of wrongdoers was approximated to be around 10 million baht.
Butakeo confessed his participation in the criminal activities however declared to be a low-level accomplice. He declared that a Thai nationwide, the obvious ringleader, hired him and others to perform these criminal acts.
Their intention was to take the electrical cable televisions and offer the products to ditch stores, sharing the profits amongst themselves. The apprehended suspects admitted to having actually devoted comparable acts of vandalism and theft on highways in Chonburi and Rayong provinces on more than 50 events, making around 20,000 baht per break-in. In overall, they collected almost one million baht from these illegal activities. The funds were mainly utilized for everyday living expenditures, online gaming, and drug-related activities.
Authorities are actively pursuing the staying fugitives associated with these criminal activities and are identified to take apart the network accountable for the substantial damage to the highway’s crucial facilities.
