Trang police chief Pol Maj Gen Sompong Thongbai, centre, briefs the media on the theft of electrical parts from backhoes, at the provincial police headquarters in Muang district on Thursday. Pol Maj Gen Sompong Thongbai, chief of Trang police, said a Trang man and two others from Bangkok were arrested for theft. At a news conference, Pol Maj Gen Sompong showed backhoe parts - two ECUs from CAT and Komatsu machines - seized during the arrest of theft suspect Natthapol Onkaeo, 23 of Sikao district. About 10 local backhoe owners had reported losing electrical backhoe parts worth more than a million baht to thieves over the last year or two, the provincial police chief said. One of the complainants, Sawat Othong, manager of Wong Sawat Construction Co, said the theft of the parts caused great inconvenience.

Source: Bangkok Post September 07, 2017 10:07 UTC