Phuket Deputy Police Chief Col Aroon Klawati said this evening (May 27) that the video footage was from April 7, the day before the robbery (video here) took place, and appears to show a man “casing” the shop.
“The video shows a suspect walking and looking at the gold shop at around 7 pm. His gait [with a slight limp] looks like that of the robber in footage taken at the time of the robbery in the gold shop.
“He can be seen watching the shop for about a minute while smoking a cigarette.
“Now we have more evidence, I believe. If anyone knows this man I think they will recognise him.
“I hope we will arrest the gold robber as soon as possible.”
CP Goldmaster has offered a reward of B400,000 for information leading to the murderer-robber’s arrest.