Three men – Colombian national Guarin Luis Fernando, 47, and Mexican national Vesid Alexander, 48, plus another unnamed Colombian man – were arrested in Bangkok yesterday (December 8) and have now been brought to Phuket.
Police said the men allegedly came from Krabi to Phuket, and rented a car to get here. After the robbery, police said they drove back to Krabi, returned the car, then travelled to Bangkok.
The trio were arrested at a hotel in Makkasan in Bangkok around 3pm, and police said they confessed to the crime. No details about how police found the trio have been revealed.
More details are expected to be announced later today.
At around 4.45am on Tuesday last week (December 3), thieves robbed an ATM machine opposite Loma Park in Patong with a cutting torch and escaped with B200,000, but left B1.4 million in the machine.
After looking at CCTV camera footage from around the island, the search centred on footage obtained from the Thai Watsadu construction store on Thepkrassatri Road in Thalang, where two “light-skinned” men were spotting buying materials, which were later found at the scene of the robbery.
Police later announced they were looking for the owner of a Suzuki Swift car, believed to be used by the suspects.