In a bizarre and rather shocking episode of pilferage from Chon Buri, Thailand, a Cambodian national has found himself in deep waters after unraveling the plot of his own crime. The man, entangled in a web of desperation and addiction, ingeniously thought of sneaking into a factory and slicing off PVC electrical cables to fuel his cravings for methamphetamine. Now, that’s a costly heist—not just figuratively—but one that floored the factory’s operations—totaling damages over a million baht! The audacious act was caught on CCTV footage on June 29. Sporting a distinctive green camouflage long-sleeve shirt, the suspect managed to cut more than 300 meters of cables. But his stealth operation was hardly foolproof; his misadventures also led him to snip off the cable powering the CCTV cameras, inadvertently capturing his own act of cutting edge theft! Enter Police Lieutenant Colonel Kornpong Sukvisit and his diligent team from the Bang Lamung…
