CHONBURI — 7 June 2026, Police arrested four members of a Myanmar gang accused of assaulting and restraining a security guard before stealing electrical cables worth around 600,000 baht from a construction site in Ban Bueng district, Chonburi province.
CCTV footage from the incident, which occurred between 01:23 and 02:20 on 4 June, showed more than ten men surrounding a vehicle before attacking the security guard, binding his hands and feet, and loading large quantities of new electrical cables onto two waiting pickup trucks.
Investigators from Ban Bueng and Chonburi provincial police reviewed CCTV footage along escape routes and on 6 June at around 17:30, spotted one of the vehicles from the incident turning into a second-hand goods shop along the Ban Surasak–Phan Sadet Nok road. A check of the vehicle’s registration led police to a location in Khao Noi 7 alley, Moo 2, Ta Sit subdistrict, Pluak Daeng district, Rayong province.
As officers entered the alley, a grey Isuzu matching the CCTV registration drove towards them. Police stopped and searched the vehicle, finding Ye Htwe, 34, at the wheel, accompanied by his girlfriend and his girlfriend’s sister, who was holding a child.
Interrogation of Ye Htwe led police to three more suspects: Sai Htet Aong, 27, Wai Gan, 18, and Ye Ko Lin, 34. All four confessed to taking part in the robbery. The remaining gang members, including the ringleader identified only as Maung, remain at large.
Pol. Col. Krit Masuk, superintendent of Ban Bueng Police Station, said all suspects are Myanmar migrant workers who used knives to threaten and restrain the security guard. He said the gang is believed to be linked to multiple similar incidents in areas under the jurisdiction of Khlong Kio, Nong Yai, and Pluak Daeng police stations. The four arrests were made within just two days of the incident.
