PATHUM THANI — Thieves tried in vain to break open an ATM machine in Khlong Luang district overnight, police said on Monday.
Pol Capt Udom Chantrapinan, the duty officer at Khlong Luang police station, said police went to New Pharmacy drug store on the ground floor of a three-storey commercial building in tambon Khlong Song to examine the damage on Monday morning after being informed of the incident.
Surachai Tanyasithi, 49, the shop owner, said he woke up about 5am and found the front gate had been locked from the outside when he tried to leave the shop. He cut the lock and examined the shopfront, where there are two ATM machines, Bank of Ayudhya and Siam Commercial Bank.
He found the door Bank of Ayudhya's ATM had been forced open beneath the screen and the surveillance cameras for both machines had been blocked with black adhesive tape. Mr Surachai informed the police.
Police said later that the thieves tried to cut open the money slot of the Bank of Ayudhya's ATM with an oxyacetylene torch. They abandoned the attempt before finishing it, probably because people were approaching, the police said.
Police collected fingerprints from the machine for further investigation.
