Two former police informants posing as Special Branch officers have been arrested following a complaint by a young woman that they abducted her before demanding 100,000 bht on fake drug charges.
A police statement said that Chatchawal Sriruang, 37, and Sakda Jitdamri, 38, along with another male accomplice still at large, raided the victim’s room on Saturday night, claiming to be police officers.
They allegedly accused her of a drugs offence before demanding Bt100,000 to let her go free.
The woman said she gave them 7,500 bht and promised to pay the rest later. When they allegedly kept harassing her by phone, she filed a police complaint.
A search of the suspects’ apartment in Soi Sukhumvit 16 found 45 valium pills and 10 alprazolam pills, which the pair claimed to belong to a friend. Chatchawal later tested positive for drugs.
The arrested men reportedly have served as police informants in the South.
(Source: The Nation, Thailand)