Nongprue police arrested a gang stealing manhole covers to sell for scrap to pay for drugs.
Eakarin Onphokaew, 37, Saksan Sangpho, 36, Anon Panitchwattana, 29, and Teeranan Sangngan, 35, were apprehended May 4 after they allegedly used a four-door pickup truck to swipe iron manhole lids from sois Wat Boonsamphan 12 and 14. Their truck and license plate were captured by CCTVs.
Police tracked them to a house in Bang Saray, where the suspects confessed they could sell the plates and grates for 12 baht a kilogram to raise money to buy drugs.
The suspects coughed up the name of the shop buying the stolen goods and its owner was taken in for questioning at the Najomtien Police Station.
