Police in Chaiyaphum have arrested the prime suspect in the solo robbery of a Thanachart Bank branch in Bang Kho Laem district of Bangkok on Sept 7.
The robber, wearing a black jacket and black pants, did not bother to cover his face when he walked in, threatened a teller with a gun and made off with 257,000 baht shortly after the bank opened its doors for business.
Police tracked the hold-up suspect, identified as 30-year-old Wattana Phucharit, to a rented a room at a resort in tambon Ban Khok of Chatturat district of Chaiyaphum.
He was staying there alone. Police recovered 240,800 baht of the stolen money.
