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The Na Thawi Provincial Court in Songkhla has issued arrest warrants for two men suspected to be concerned within the eighty five million baht gold store heist on Saturday. Authorities have already linked the theft to the southern insurgency claiming militants would promote the gold to finance operations.
The warrants have now been issued for Wae-useng Dueraheng and Saifutdin Hayipute.
Police have already named one other man, Jae-arong Heng, as a suspect however no warrant has been issued for his arrest at this stage.
The three have been alleged to be among the ten or more thieves carrying military-style uniforms, and armed with assault rifles, that robbed the Suthada Gold Shop within the Na Thawi district in Songkhla last Saturday round noon escaping with gold and jewelry valued at 85 million baht. At the time The Thaiger reported the worth round 60 million baht.
One of the lads can be wanted on three different warrants for the alleged murder of two safety officers and a civilian in Pattani between 2014 and April this year.
The other man has four other warrants excellent, together with the alleged theft of automobiles that had been utilized in southern bomb attacks.
The bandits arrived on the Suchada Gold Shop in a white van, stolen earlier in the day from a man within the neighbouring Pattani province. Witnesses say there have been three men and two girls in the robbery team although later investigation and checking of the CCTV showed that have been up to 12 people concerned within the heist.
They walked into the gold shop and pointed their weapons at 5 female employees, disabled the CCTV system, grabbed all of the gold on show and escaped within the ready van in a nicely co-ordinated attack. The complete occasion took around ten minutes in accordance with police.
Unlock , the owner of the van, informed police that he was employed by three men to choose up their good friend however was bound and dumped by the roadside, at gunpoint, in the Nong Chik district in Pattani..