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Pole confesses to blasting ATM

BANGKOK: A Polish man has confessed to filling a Bangkok ATM with inflammable gas before blowing it and making off with more than B300,000 in cash in mid-September, according to Bangkok police.

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By Bangkok Post

Friday 29 September 2017 09:32 AM


Police bring Pole Gracjan Pawel Stanisewski to the Tesco Lotus store in Prawet district, Bangkok, for the re-enactment of a theft-oriented ATM explosion, yesterday (Sept 28). Photo: Somchai Poomlard

Police bring Pole Gracjan Pawel Stanisewski to the Tesco Lotus store in Prawet district, Bangkok, for the re-enactment of a theft-oriented ATM explosion, yesterday (Sept 28). Photo: Somchai Poomlard

Senior officers of the Metropolitan Police Bureau took Gracjan Pawel Stanisewski, 36, to Krungthep Kritha Rd and Srinakarin Rd yesterday (Sept 28) for re-enactment of the explosion of a Bangkok Bank’s ATM on Sept 13.

Bangkok police chief Sanit Mahathavorn said the suspect voluntarily cooperated with the re-enactment to support his confession.

At a Tesco Lotus store on Krungthep Krita Rd, the suspect showed how he released gas from a rubber exercise ball through a hose into the ATM. Police said after filling the machine with gas, the suspect poured petrol near the ATM and lit the fire.

Police chief Chakthip Chaijinda earlier said the suspect used hydrogen.

Police also brought the Pole to Soi Krungthep Kritha 15/1 where he allegedly hid his equipment and clothing after the blast and to a petrol station on Srinakarin Rd where he bought the petrol.

Police then sought a court order for the 12-day detention of the suspect who was taken to the Min Buri Remand Prison.

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