Police have arrested a 41-year-old man that first appeared to be assisting at the scene of the road accident, but then took off with the vehicle driver’s 6-million-baht wristwatch and diamond ring.
Police of the Crime Suppression Division arrested Pongdet Lewtrakul at his room in tambon Beat Phun of Muang district, Pathum Thani, on Wednesday night time. They also impounded the 6-million-baht white Ricard Mille 233 view, a diamond ring as well as the clothes he put on the day of the robbery as evidence.
Pol Col Boonlue Phadungthin, a CSD superintendent, mentioned on Thursday that will Mr Pongdet got arrived on his motorbike at the scene of an accident where a Mercedes-Benz had hit an additional motorcycle at a U-turn in front of the Phun Systems applications and products market in tambon Ban Klang of Muang district for the late night of September 13.
The car driver has been helping the wounded motorcyclist and waiting for emergency responders. Mr Pongdet offered to be a witness for the Mercedes-Benz owner and gave him his phone number.
Following the injured mototcyclist had been taken to hospital, the car owner found that will his bag was missing from the middle of the back seat of his vehcle. It contained a Richard Mille 233 watch and an engagement ring. There was also simply no sign of Mr Pongdet.
The car owner phoned Mr Pongdet, who have denied any understanding of the bag or its contents. He or she did not answer later calls.
Pol Col Boonlue said that Mr Pongdet, who worked in a coffee shop in Pathum Thani, confessed to the theft. He had already been freed from prison within Phrae province at the end of 2016 after getting convicted of robbery and also prosecuted within a narcotics case.