Phuket City Police led by Lt Col Somsak Thongkleang arrested Phattalung native Krittanai Maneechoti at 5:30pm on Tuesday (Apr 26).
Krittanai, taken into custody in front of Khunthawat apartments in Soi Rassadaramlieg, off Thepkrasattri Rd, in Rassada, was found in possession of 760 grammes of kratom and 64 pills of alprazolam when police searched him and his motorbike.
Among the items seized in making the arrest were Krittanai’s Honda Wave motorbike, clothing, a bag and a knife which police say he used in carrying out the robbery.
Krittanai was wanted for robbery of the Family Mart store on the corner of Soi Patchanee-Bang Cheelao and Thepkrasattri Rd at 3:55am last Friday (Apr 22), Col Somsak said.
“We got a description of him and his getaway vehicle after we saw CCTV footage from the store that show a male suspect armed with a knife approached the store clerk and then went behind the counter to empty the cash register,” he added.
“While we were looking for the suspect in the area, an undercover officer noticed that Krittinai and his motorbike matched the description, so we approached him and searched his motorbike, where we found all items using during the robbery in a brown bag.”
Krittinai confessed to the robbery, Col Somsak said.
“He said he had spent all the money (B5,000) that he got from the robbery,” he added.
Krittinai was taken to Phuket City Police Station and charged with robbery and possession of Category 5 and Category 2 drugs.