Thief Cuts Bars, Steals Gold from Teacher's Pathum Thani Home
A Pathum Thani teacher returned home to find a burglar had cut through rear iron bars and stolen gold, cash, amulets, and a CCTV recorder worth hundreds of thousands of baht. The 33-minute daytime heist on November 10 was captured on camera, showing a hooded male suspect who fled in a vehicle with fake plates. Police are analyzing footage to identify and arrest the thief.
A teacher left for school while a thief drove up, parked beside the house, scaled the fence, and cut through iron bars at the back to sweep away assets accumulated over decades.
On November 12, 2026, at Pratu Nam Chulalongkorn Police Station in Pathum Thani, 45-year-old Raviporn, a teacher in the province, filed a report with Deputy Inspector Pol. Lt. Col. Phakphum Charoensuk. She stated that a burglar had broken into her home in Prachathipat subdistrict, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani, stealing valuables worth several hundred thousand baht.
Raviporn revealed the incident occurred on November 10. Closed-circuit cameras recorded a single male suspect wearing shorts and a long-sleeved hooded shirt concealing his face. He cut the back bars, entered, scouted the property, and went up to the second-floor bedroom. He took a black backpack from the house and filled it with assets including gold weighing over 4 baht (approximately 260,000 baht), a number of gold amulets, 8,000–15,000 baht in cash, and the CCTV recorder, along with other items still being inventoried. The entire crime spanned 33 minutes.
Her husband said they normally leave for work in the morning while their two children go to school, leaving the house empty during the day. At the time of the break-in, he was at work and checked the CCTV as routine while in the restroom, discovering one camera had been twisted out of view. Checking another camera, he saw the intruder inside the house and immediately called his wife and the village security guards, but the thief had already fled. The stolen items represented savings accumulated over many decades. Neighbors also reported a suspicious vehicle parked beside the house before the incident, its trunk left open. They alerted police, who found the car bore fake license plates, suspecting it was the getaway vehicle.
Investigators are coordinating with the investigative team to urgently review CCTV footage along suspected escape routes to track and apprehend the perpetrator for prosecution.
