Crime

Top Police Officers Wife Arrested Over 6 Cyanide Poisoning Cases

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2 years ago

April 26, 2023

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Central Investigation Bureau Police in central Thailand have arrested the wife of a high-ranking police officer in connection with the cyanide poisoning murder of a woman. Investigators also suspect her in the murders of six other women with cyanide.

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The Central Investigation Bureau commissioner, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, named the suspect as Ms. Sararat “Aem” Rangsiwuthaporn. Her husbands identify was not released, although Thai news media reports he’s the deputy provincial police superintendent in Ratchaburi province.

Ms. Sararat was arrested by Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers on Tuesday about 11 a.m. at the government office complex on Chaeng Wattana road in Bangkok, armed with an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court on April 25. She was in possession of a bottle of cyanide.

Siriporn “Koy” Khanwong, 32, of Kanchanaburi, was arrested after his mother and elder sister filed a complaint with the CSD.

On April 14, Ms Siriporn fainted and died on the banks of the Mae Klong river in Ban Pong district, where she had gone with friends to release fish for merit. Cyanide was discovered in her body.

Investigators suspected that Ms Sararat was the person who mixed cyanide into Siriporn’s food, causing her death. She is also accused of stealing the victim’s possessions. This resulted in her arrest. She was escorted to CSD headquarters for questioning following her detention.

According to Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop, the probe is being widened to see whether Ms. Sararat had any involvement in the deaths of six other women with whom she had contact and who also died from cyanide poisoning.

Six other cyanide poisoning cases

Ms. Kanika Tuladecharak’s death, which occurred at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, was brought to the notice of deputy police commander Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn by her father and daughter (names withheld). Ms. Sararat was blamed for Kanika’s death.

Kanika, according to her daughter, drove from Bangkok to Ratchaburi on September 11, 2022. Her mother then rode in the same car as Ms. Sararat. Kanika later fainted and died at a PTT petrol station in Potharam district, according to her daughter’s story.

She said that some of her mother’s belongings were vanished. They included a smartphone, cash and gold jewellery. Kanika’s family felt Ms. Sararat was to blame for her death.

The national police chief, Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, told reporters at the RTP headquarters that Pol Gen Surachate was in charge of the Siriporn inquiry. He stated that because there were six other comparable cases, the inquiry would be widened to determine whether all seven cases were done by the same person, given the most of them occurred in central Thailand’ Ratchaburi province.

According to Pol Gen Surachate, there were seven deaths that appeared to be connected, with the most recent being in the Ban Pong district. He’d figure out if and how the seven cases were linked. He went on to say that two of the seven people killed were police officers.

He stated that he had contacted the parents of five of the seven women in order to question them. Some parents were unaware their children had been poisoned and hence did not submit a police report.

Pol Gen Surachate stated that the seven incidences occurred in the provinces of Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom, and Ratchaburi, and that he had previously requested that authorities investigate further and report to him.

Cyanide poisoning

When someone is exposed to excessive levels of cyanide, an extremely deadly chemical that can interfere with the body’s capacity to use oxygen, cyanide poisoning develops. Many industrial compounds, including some pesticides, contain cyanide, and it can also be generated as a byproduct of some production operations.

Headache, dizziness, disorientation, nausea, vomiting, rapid heartbeat, trouble breathing, seizures, and loss of consciousness are all symptoms of cyanide poisoning. Cyanide poisoning can be fatal if left untreated.

If you suspect someone has been exposed to cyanide, get medical attention right once. The appropriate course of action will depend on the severity of the exposure, however treatment may include oxygen therapy, antidotes such as hydroxocobalamin or sodium thiosulfate, or other supportive measures in some circumstances. To avoid major complications or death, prompt and adequate medical care is critical.

Crime

Police Officer Being Ordained at Temple Arrested for Running Scam Call Center

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7 months ago

July 20, 2024

Thomas3940

Police Officer Being Ordained at Temple Arrested

Police in Northern Thailand have arrested a fellow officer as he was being ordained at a temple in Ngao district of neighbouring Lampang province.

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Pol Lt Col Bandit Khonkan chief inspector from the Hang Dong police station was disrobed and taken to the Chang Puak station in Chiang Mai. He was arrested on charges of running a call centre scam gang in Chiang Mai Province.

According to Thai Media Chiang Mai Provincial Police Region 5 obtained an arrest warrant for Pol Lt Col Bandit on Friday from the Chiang Mai Provincial Court for procuring illegal telecom equipment, setting up a station and using public airwaves to run a telecommunications business without permission.

Pol Lt Col Bandit reportedly told investigators that he was not the ringleader and was only a member of the gang with Chinese partners.

His arrest followed the apprehension of his 26-year-old daughter, Miss Wanuchapond, 26, and three others during raids at three housing projects in Chiang Mai on Friday, Pol Maj Gen Weerachon Boontawee, deputy chief of Provincial Police Region 5 told Thai media.

During the raids police police discovered around 12 GSM gateways, or SIM boxes, which are devices used for converting cellular networks into mobile phone numbers used domestically.

The chief inspectors daughter Miss Wanuchapond told the arresting officers that she was paid 8,000 baht a month at each of the three locations for renting thr rooms and monitoring devices.

She claimed she had no idea what the devices were and accepted the job because the pay was attractive.

Police investigators working with telecom regulators used a special tracking device to monitor the gang’s communications and learned that its base was in Myanmar opposite Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai.

The call center gang used the GSM gateways to make calls over the internet to scam people in Thailand out of million of baht.

The GSM gateways transmitting signals via SIM boxes to convert them into domestic phone numbers, duping victims into thinking they were being called from Thai government agencies.

Pol Maj Gen Weerachon said that each SIM box held 32 SIM cards, with a capacity of up to 300,000 calls a month. The seized devices had made fraudulent calls over 3.6 million times.

He said the their investigation is ongoing and they are working to track down the remaining conspirators, including Chinese and other Thai suspects.

Authorities are still deciding whether Pol Lt Col Bandit will be dismissed from the force, he said, adding that so far, no other officers are known to have been involved.

Police in Chiang Rai Launch Crackdown on Cyber Criminals in Golden Triangle

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin has authorized the establishment of an emergency cyber center operated by the Royal Thai Police to combat transnational crimes committed by call center gangs along the Thai border in Chiang Rai province.

On July 19, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin directed the Center to combat information technology crimes. The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) will crack down on call center gangs in Myanmar, Laos, and along the border.

His directive comes as call center gangs ratchet up their scams to defraud people of their money, causing concern among Thais and jeopardizing the country’s economic and social stability.

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Crime

Thai Immigration Police Arrest Colombian Tourists Over Home Invasions

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7 months ago

July 20, 2024

Thomas3940

Thai Immigration Police Arrest Colombian Tourist

Immigration police officers have arrested four Colombian nationals in connection with a series of home burglaries at luxury housing complexes in the Bangkok metropolitan area and Chiang Buri Province.

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Police called to home invasion Other Bangkok News:Police in Bangkok Discover Six Vietnamese Tourists Dead in 5 Star Hotel

Pol Maj Gen Panthana Nuchanart, deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, told a press briefing that three of the suspects were apprehended in Nonthaburi Province and the fourth in South Pattaya, Chon Buri Province.

According to the Bangkok Post, the Colombians were charged with stealing conspiracy and seized around 3 million baht (US$82,500.00).

According to Pol Maj Gen Panthana, the criminals rode motorcycles through housing estates, scoping out the properties and waiting for the owners to depart before committing their crimes.

He stated that all four of the accused denied any involvement in the home break-ins, but the arresting squad discovered evidence that implicated them.

Police called to home invasion

Meanwhile, police were dispatched to a luxury housing development in Tambon Nong Prue, Chonburi Province, after a Chinese man was attacked during a house invasion.

When they arrived, they discovered the house owner, Mr. Qian Peng Yi, visibly scared and with marks from being tied up with a cable. He informed police that three Chinese males broke into his home at 9 p.m., one of whom brandished a gun at him and directed him to his bedroom.

They bound his hands and feet, gagged him with fabric, taped his head, and forced him into the bed. The intruders then attempted to compel him into transferring 10 million baht in cryptocurrencies to them, endangering the life of his 33-year-old cousin who was in a second-floor bedroom.

While they scoured the house in search of riches, Mr. Peng Yi managed to flee and hide; he subsequently observed them leave with his cousin. Officials investigated the property and analyzed security camera footage from the incident and surrounding areas.

Around 9 p.m., a 30-year-old van driver came at the Bang Lamung police station after being contacted by an agency to carry Chinese customers from Pattaya to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The driver informed authorities that he was supposed to pick them up at a motel about a kilometer from the Chinese businessman’s home. He then drove them to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport, arriving at 1 a.m. and receiving 1,800 baht.

The driver took a snapshot of the group smoking at the airport gate and identified one of them as the victim’s cousin. Police suspected coordination between her and the three suspects in her cousin’s heist, who all departed Thailand on the same aircraft.

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Police in Bangkok Discover Six Vietnamese Tourists Dead in 5 Star Hotel

Police in Bangkok Discover Six Vietnamese Tourists Dead in 5 Star Hotel

Crime

Son of Thailand’s Leading Legal Scholar on Corruption Arrested for Running Online Gambling Network

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7 months ago

July 17, 2024

Thomas3940

The son of a former senator and leading economist and expert on corruption and gambling in Thailand has been arrested for on charges of running an online gambling network and its payment system.

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Police from Thailand’s Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) have confiscated assets worth more than (US$ 11.1 million) 400 million baht.

Narote Piriyarangsan, 33, was arrested following crackdowns in three sites around the city, according to Pol Maj Gen Athip Pongsiwapai, commander of the police Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD).

Mr Narote’s father, Sangsit Piriyarangsan, is an economist who has written articles and books about corruption and gambling. He was one of the appointed senators that were investigating the government’s intention to legalize casino gaming before their terms expired.

Police also detained 39-year-old Narayut Narakaew, the owner of the gambling website 69pgslot.com. The Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the couple for operating an internet gambling service and money laundering.

According to the Bangkok Post, police seized two desktop computers, one laptop computer, 14 mobile phones, 21 bank passbooks, 53 ATM cards, and four high-end cars — a Ferrari 926 GTS, an Aston Martin, a Lexus, and a Subaru — totaling more than 400 million baht.

Police launched the inquiry after discovering the online gambling site, which accepted funds via an automatic deposit-withdrawal system through bank accounts and deposits in the AskMePay system. Players scanned the VPay QR code as well as the QR codes for Heng Online 888 or Heng Pay Company.

Police also discovered that payments received via QR code scans were transferred to the account of Heng Pay Co and then to the gambling website’s mule accounts using AskMePay, which did not use banks’ face recognition scanning. An inquiry indicated a monthly turnover of approximately 5 billion baht.

According to investigators, the website has been up and running for around four years, with the payment mechanism in use for roughly eight months.

According to Pol Maj Gen Athip, Mr Narote owns the gaming website’s payment systems and is the director of Heng Pay Co. After gathering evidence, authorities requested arrest warrants for 14 people.

Thailand does not allow almost any kind of gaming. Even though the law doesn’t say anything specific about online gaming, it is still considered gambling. The country has pretty strict rules about gambling. Thai punters can bet on the national lottery and horse races, but they can’t bet on any other types of games.

But it’s not a secret that there is a huge illegal gaming business in Thailand, even though it’s illegal.

The illegal casinos, online betting shops, underground lotteries, and pop-up bookies that take bets on everything from cockfights to Muay Thai make a shadow economy that is worth billions of dollars every year.