Five decades after the murder, police apprehend a gentleman from the Philippines who returned to Thailand.
PUBLISHED: 5 Sep 2024 at 15: 57
Five decades after the murder, a Filipino person who is accused of stealing a 250, 000-baht diamond collar in Bangkok and then fleeing has been detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport on his way back.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police Bureau ( MPB) arrested Rolly Sabalza, 49, at the airport on Thursday, said Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thumsuthee, investigative commander of the MPB.
He was wanted on a warrant that the Bangkok South Criminal Court had issued for him on suspicion of robbery and making false pretenses.
The diamond-studded collar was stolen on March 25 from a store in the Pathumwan neighborhood of Bangkok. Surveillance cameras captured the incident, said Pol Maj Gen Theeradet.
On the day of the robbery, Mr. Sabalza left Thailand. Researchers who had been tracking his motions discovered that he planned to travel to Thailand on Thursday night to commit another crime. When he arrived at the airports, the soldiers took him into prison.
The suspect apparently acknowledged being the people in the video from the jewelry store on camera.
Users and staff at golden and jewelry stores were cautioned by Pol Maj Gen Theeradet to be more cautious when posing as consumers when seeing well-dressed people who may turn out to be crooks.
He suggested that store personnel request that clients present their ID tickets or visas when they want to view their goods. Additionally, he suggested that retailers install high-definition cameras and alarms to send signals to local police stations.