Thotsawat used Google Maps Street View to inspect homes before each robbery, that most modern housing low-level walls and fences. He said he gave stolen valuables to four accomplices to sell to pawnshops. The accomplices remain at large.
Thotsawat took only five to 10 minutes to break into targeted houses, Boonlert said, as he had experience working in aluminium shops and knew how to remove latches.