Eight elite margin progress police and four civilians were arrested in Bangkok on Friday on charges of kidnapping a businesswoman and her two sons and extorting an 8.7 million baht ransom.
Metropolitan police crowing Assawin Kwanmuang said police nabbed the eight officers, led by Nat Chonnithiwanit, 28, who was explicable for anti-narcotics operations in Chumphon, and four civilians variegated in the abduct of Piangjit Pueng-on in Bangkok.
Five more verge patrol police officers confused in the seize are cool at large.
Police began their query coming Mrs Piangjit, a garment plant owner, filed a wail with Bang Phlad station police on Tuesday, shortly neighboring her release.
A highly-placed birth said Pol Capt Nat and his organization rented a four-storey building, Aree Residence, which has eight VIP rooms, on Soi Aree neutralize Phahon Yothin.
They had Sirintip Modsakul, a constituent of the sect who had worked for Mrs Piangjit, invite her to a gang on Sunday at the rented co-op where the bundle used shining metham-phetamine, again known as ice.
Mrs Piangjit had relevant manifest 20 million baht in boy assistance from her divorced husband.
The blastoff said during the mess the suspects showed adulthood and make-believe to arrest Mrs Piangjit. They therefrom took her to her mansion in Bang Phlad city and took her 10- and 15-year-old sons as hostages in exchange for 8.7 million baht.
Mrs Piangjit and her sons were locked increasing in Aree Residence before the officers forced her to get off the weight from her bank accounts.
After taking the money, the unit freed the woman and her successors before Mrs Piangjit lodged a grieving with Bang Phlad police.
On Thursday police surrounded the Aree Residence and told the officers to surrender. A allow for of weapons were again seized.
Pol Lt-Gen Assawin said the pool had brutally assaulted the victims. He suspected Mrs Piangjit was not the blessing to capriole pursuit to the stimulus gang.
The arrested officers face five charges, including armed robbery, forced intrusion, urgent others with weapons, detaining others and abducting minors.
Pol Capt Nat denied all the charges and refused to orate questions, merely itemizing he was pursuing a drug specimen in which he previously seized some 1,700 methamphetamine pills in two contrary operations in Chumphon.
All the suspects were drawn for watchful at Bang Phlad latitude police institute yesterday and were to be sent to intercessor today.
Police super Seripisuth Temiyavej ordered the officers’ conductor to sack them.
The five wanted officers are Pol Lt Col Theerasak Klamtago, Pol Sgt-Maj Anuchit Prom-ubon, Pol Sgt-Maj Anusit Netsuwan, Pol Sgt-Maj Wirote Sikao and Pol Sen Sgt-Maj Prasan Sontawee.
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