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South China Morning Post
19-03-2025
- South China Morning Post
Ghostbusted: bungling burglar in Thailand with ‘Scream' mask arrested
A would-be burglar in Thailand thought he was in with a ghost of a chance to rob a gold shop in a mall in Chiang Mai. Advertisement It was the perfect plan, or so he thought: hide inside the mall until closing time and sneak out from the shop in the Mueang district with his loot. He even disguised himself with a 'Ghostface' mask from the Scream film franchise and wore a black cloak in a bid to evade capture. There was one glitch: once he got into the shop at night, he could not get out. The next morning on Tuesday, employees of the shop discovered the break-in and locked up the bungling burglar before calling the police. The 21-year-old suspect, Aesara, whose surname was withheld, admitted to police officers at the scene about his attempt to rob the shop, according to a report by The Nation online newspaper. Thai police say a man in Chiang Mai dressed as 'Ghostface' has used a crowbar to open and rob a gold shop in Chiang Mai. Photo: Handout 'Aesara had arrived at the mall, parking his motorcycle at a nearby petrol station. By 5pm, he slipped into the mall, hiding until closing,' said Yanapol Phatthanachai, Mae Ping police superintendent, according to a report by Thaiger newspaper.
The Independent
19-03-2025
- The Independent
Botched heist sees thief trapped inside mall after hiding overnight to steal from jewellery shop
A Thai burglar's meticulously planned heist went badly wrong when he trapped himself inside the jewellery shop he intended to rob. The man hid inside a Yaowarat gold shop in a shopping mall in Chiang Mai until closing time, donned a Scream Ghostface mask and broke into the store, police say. He used a metal bar to force open the lock on the shop's retractable iron gate after the shopping mall closed on Monday, said police colonel Yannapol Pattanachai, commander of Mae Ping police station. After slipping inside the shop he pulled the gate shut behind him to stay unnoticed. The burglar took several gold necklaces and walked back towards the gate, only to realise that he couldn't lift it from the inside. The gate was too close to the shop's display counter and couldn't be moved, The Nation reported. In desperation the suspect searched for an exit at the back of the shop but found no way out, police said. A 21-year-old suspect arrested from the scene has been identified by police by only his first name, Aesara. The incident took place off the Chiang Mai-Lampang Superhighway in Chiang Mai's Mueang district. Police say staff found him stuck when they arrived for work on Tuesday morning, locked him in further and called the police. Police say Aesara told them he spent three days studying the target and was convinced he had planned the perfect robbery. Travelling from Na Noi district in Nan province, he dressed in black and wore the infamous Ghostface mask from the film Scream to evade security cameras, police said.
