SURAT THANI: A Lotus Express convenience store in Tha Chana district of this southern province was robbed of a large amount of cash -- initial reports said it was , baht, but the final figure is forthcoming -- by a gun-wielding hooded man on Sunday morning, police said. Witnesses told police that a man entered the store at about 1am. He was about centimetres tall, wore a white shirt with long sleeves and white gloves, and his head and face were covered by a strip of white cloth topped by an electric torch.
He walked to the counter where two female employers were counting money, preparing to put it in a safe. Brandishing a handgun, the man forced them to put the money in a bag.
He then fled with the bag stuffed with cash. The entire robbery took only about one minute. Police examined the footage from security cameras in the area to establish the escape route before launching a manhunt. Four Chinese men have been arrested for begging in Bangkok, with bogus stories to draw public sympathy that allowed them to earn 2, baht a day each.
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