1.   In January, the administration banned two such companies whose owners were convicted of being members of a Mafia bank-robbery gang.

2.   Acop said the men are believed to be members of a robbery gang.

3.   Khachornsak Kriangsakphichit, superintendent of police in charge of protecting tourists in Pattaya, told a news conference that the suspects belonged to a highly specialized robbery gang.

4.   Many robbery gangs have been busted, but the situation has not improved much, he said.

5.   Robbery gangs in the capital have become brazen, attacking banks and armored vans with high-powered weapons in crowded areas in daylight.

6.   Robbery gangs in the capital have become brazen recently, attacking banks and armored vans with high-powered weapons in crowded areas in daylight.

7.   Judicial authorities announced the sentences Friday of four members of a computer chip robbery gang that stole chips at gun point.