Police have retrieved nearly all Bt17 milllion gone missing from a Bangkok Bank branch in Prachin Buri following a suspected theft by its own manager, who was wounded seriously in a road accident while she was running away possibly with the money.
The money found, Bt1,400,000 short of Bt16.9 million, was contained in a cloth bag placed under a bush not far from Tesco Lotus superstore which houses the BBL branch in Sri Maha Pho district, following an anonymous tipoff. Local police declined to say who made the phone call, saying that revealing the caller's identity would affect police investigation.
The BBL branch reported the theft on Monday internally to its head office, after it found that Bt16.9 million was gone missing. The whole story came to light after branch manager Duanphen Arnammart was wounded seriously in a road accident reportedly with the stolen money in her car, which was however not found at the scene.
Police have since been tracking the money, relying on security camera footage showing Duanphen moving boxes from the office to her car, but found no trace, until 10 pm Tuesday night, when provincial police chief Pol Maj General Sanchai Chaiamphorn said the telephone was made to police.