Police arrested a superstitious Thai thief who focused eight completely different supermarkets and comfort shops within the Isaan province of Udon Ratchatani. Tested believes he was arrested because didn’t worship before finishing up his newest crime.
Mueang Ubon Ratchathabni Police Station officers ultimately arrested the thief, 36 yr outdated Phantara Nithipaphakum, yesterday, June 29. This arrest came after Lotus’s supermarket employee witnessed Phantara attempting to steal items at the retailer on June 28.
On the day, the police officers engaged in a high-speed motorcycle chase with Phantara, resulting in both bikes toppling over onto an uneven street. The first attempt to catch Phantara failed however they did handle to apprehend the suspect quickly after.
Verify managed to grab Phantara’s backpack earlier than the next arrest. It contained his mobile phone, a hair wig, a hat, sneakers, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants. Officers had been assured that Phatana was the needed suspect they had been in search of over the previous two years and issued an arrest warrant towards him.
During questioning, Phantana confessed that he dedicated eight robberies between 2021 and 2023. His targets included five 7-Eleven comfort stores, two Lotus’s supermarkets and, the latest, a Big C supermarket on June 26 of this yr.
Phantara revealed that he dedicated the crimes as a outcome of he needed to care for his spouse and two youngsters and repay some on-line playing debts.
The superstitious suspect claimed that the arrest was profitable because he did not carry out a non secular ritual as he usually did earlier than committing a theft. Phantara revealed that his ritual involved lighting up 9 incense sticks and carefully choosing an auspicious day that was deemed excellent for the intended theft.
Phantana added that it was an experiment to commit his newest crime without worship, resulting in his subsequent arrest.
ThaiRath reported that Phantana not only carried out superstitious rituals earlier than his thefts but realized about Thai law to keep away from harsher punishment. He at all times talked properly to the sufferer, apologised victim after the theft, and avoided using weapons or autos in the crime to get a lighter punishment..