Police have opened an investigation into the disappearance of more than 30 manhole covers in Bangkok’s Thawi Watthana district. Agents raided several steel scrap outlets in the capital to steal items, without success.
Thawi Watthana district director Dicha Kongsi filed a complaint with Thammasara police station after receiving reports of missing manhole covers, which are circular sheets with a diameter of 86 centimeters and weighing 70 to 80 kilograms, discovered at the roadside.
Khaood’s bloodhounds paid for an on-site visit to Soi Thawi Watthana 55, one of the streets where sewer covers were stolen. falling into the holes.
Thanakrit informed Khaosod that the district had won citizens’ court cases over the stolen blankets 3 weeks ago. Similar incidents were reported in several spaces of the district, adding Suan Pak Road, Thawi Watthana-Kanchanapisek Road, Phutthamonthon Sai Sam Road, Liap Khlonh Thawi Watthana Road and Bang Waek Road.
Thanakrit said the team got clues from a eating place owner who witnessed the theft. The witness reported seeing men in a black Isuzu D-Max pickup truck parked outside their eating place stealing manhole covers.
The owner of the place to eat went to check, but the thieves put lights on his face so he could not see their faces and escaped.
Thanakrit added that some of the spaces where the robberies occurred feature security cameras, which can provide valuable evidence for the police investigation.
Officers at the Thammasara police station are recently investigating scrap metal in the domain in hopes of finding evidence that they were sold stolen manhole covers. authorities.
Theft of public property, as in the case provided, is a crime of fraud punishable by imprisonment of one to years and a fine ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 baht, in accordance with Article 335 (10) of the Criminal Law.
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