It’s crazy! Stealing a transformer, weighing almost a ton, lifting it from a 4 meter high pole, but couldn’t take it. Revealed to be an unused child worth more than 3 hundred thousand baht.
On October 29, 64, Pol Lt. Col. Metha Ngamwongse, Inspector (Investigation) of Hat Yai Police Station, Songkhla Province, received a report of an attacker who stole a large electric pot located on an electric pole on the roadside in Pon Nat area. Pol, which is the area where companies and department stores are located. And the houses of the people, Sri Phuwanat Road, Hat Yai Municipality, Songkhla Province, therefore went to the area to check with the police investigative team.
where the transformer was found which is a specific transformer Large, weighing about 800-1,000 kilograms, was lifted from an electric pole with a height of about 4 meters down and placed on the roadside. The assailants are expected to climb up, take off and use a sling hoist. Drop this transformer down. But because of the weight, the villain was unable to lift it into the car. Or maybe waiting for a pickup truck to pick it up, but someone sees it before leaving it.
For this transformer is an old transformer that has been discontinued for many years. of the company at the scene and does not affect nearby electrical systems Because it is a specific transformer or used only within the agency. However, according to the electric utility officials have come to clear the electrical wiring system at the scene for safety.
From the inquiry, Mr. Rangsan Weeradecha, the chief electrician of the company that owns this transformer, said that the culprit should have acted after midnight and the security guards walked to detect it around 1.00 am. take a test The Hat Yai Provincial Electricity Authority official who came to clear the electrical system said that this transformer is worth about 3 hundred thousand baht.
By the villain lifted down from the pole in order to remove the gold wire stabbed to sell, which should have been 2-3 thousand baht, but because the weight of the transformer that weighs almost 1 ton, can not be lifted In the Hat Yai city area in the past, hundreds of these transformers have been stolen, some costing millions. By choosing to act in a dead zone near the edge of the forest or without people passing by
Initially, officers of the Hat Yai Police Station investigating team were in the process of looking for clues of the criminals. Because at the scene of the accident, there is no CCTV. But found a clue of a motorcycle trailer driving to park at the edge of the forest near the late night scene set, so believed to be the culprit which will be arrested and prosecuted according to the law
