5 January 2024 at 12:48PUBLISHED
A transgender woman was detained on Thursday for robbing a metal store in Songkhla’s Sadao district, alleging that she needed the money to destroy the former aide, who was accused of conspiring with her ex-boyfriend to defraud her of significant sums of money.
Preecha Samankhoon, also known as Thian, a 20-year-old Phangnga local, was detained by police in the early hours of Friday at an apartment building in downtown Hat Yai. Eight golden collars that had been stolen were taken from her.
The trans woman admitted to the police during questioning that she used the robbery to obtain the funds she needed to purchase a gun. The former staffer, who supposedly worked with her ex-boyfriend to defraud her of hundreds of thousands of baht, was the target of her murder with the tool.
On Thursday night, a hapless robber committed an act at Yaowarat Krungthep Gold Shop in Sadao’s Lotus Shopping Center, which led to the arrest.
Eight golden necklaces worth a total of approximately 800,000 baht were stolen by the thief, who then rode off on his motorcycle. According to Pol Lt Col Pichai Khunthongkaew, research chief at Sadao place, who was reported around 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, three factory workers, all women, were unharmed but appeared visibly terrified.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV ) footage revealed the robber entering the store brandishing a knife while posing as an elderly woman wearing face mask. She jumped across the desk and quickly grabbed golden earrings from the promote after yelling at the workers to stay down. The assault only took place for one moment.
The suspect’s trans identity was confirmed when police started looking into her leave and learned where the criminal was.
On Thursday at about 8.30 p.m., investigators discovered the abandoned motorcycle about two kilometers from the mall. In addition,  ,
Investigators initially believed the criminal might have entered Malaysia after learning that she had arrived at the Sadao border station using a Grab car service.
Shortly after midnight, the believe was located in a place in the Hat Yai area mansion in downtown, where she was taken into custody.