Australian held for 'robbing' bank for his flight home
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An Australian national was arrested Monday after allegedly getting away with Bt158,000 in cash after a 12-second hold up with a fake gun at a Thanachart Bank branch in Phaya Thai district.
However, he was captured shortly after by a couple of good samaritans and a patrolling police officer.
The 23-year-old Ice cream shop assistant, Cronin Zachary Adrian, was presented to the press with the cash, a mask, a fake gun and sunglasses. He was then made to re-enact the crime at six locations.
Adrian claimed that he has been in Thailand for a month and had spent all the Bt100,000 he had, so he planned to rob the bank so he could buy a ticket home. Apparently he had been scouting the bank two days before the robbery.
