A security camera caught
footage of Jaturong Nuamsree snatching a gold necklace from one of his
victims in Sattahip.
Patcharapol Panrak
Police have arrested the suspect behind almost a half-dozen necklace and
phone robberies in Sattahip.
Jaturong Nuamsree, 22, was apprehended at the BB Hotel in Taothan March 26
following a complaint by 59-year-old Kanokwan Phromsorn that a man matching
his description had snatched her 1-baht-weight gold necklace outside her Soi
Wat Khao Khanthman house. Police identified Jaturong from CCTV footage and
the victim identified a photo of him.
Following his arrest, four others came forward with charges that Jaturong
had stolen their small gold necklaces or, in the case of a blind man, his
mobile phone.
Police said Jaturong confessed to snatching Kankokwan’s necklace, saying he
needed the money for drugs. He had stopped on his Honda motorbike in front
of her house to ask directions. When the victim got close enough, he stole
the necklace and fled.
