Pol Lt Col Aumnart Harnchana, deputy chief of Bang Sue police station, told Thairath Online that Zachary Cronin was wearing a black Guy Fawkes mask and goggles when he stormed the bank’s Saphan Khwai branch at 8:45am. There he allegedly pointed the fake gun at tellers, who handed over B170,000 in cash.
Mr Cronin made it only 200 metres before being cuffed.
Pol Lt Col Aumnart said a bank staffer hit the alarm, but a Bang Sue policeman was already inside the branch. He and the bank’s security guard chased down the Aussie, whose choice of getaway routes turned out to be a dead-end soi next to the bank.
Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Sanit Mahathaworn told FM 91 Trafficpro radio that Mr Cronin said he was a tourist staying in the Nana red-light area on Sukhumvit Road and had spent all his money in a month. He then decided to rob the bank.
“The suspect wanted to use the money to buy a plane ticket back to Australia,” Pol Lt Gen Sanit said.
Mr Cronin travelled from Nana to Saphan Kwai by BTS Skytrain and spent five minutes scouting areas outside the Thanachart Bank before the robbery, he added.
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