Crime Fake Policeman Caught Impersonating Officer & Attempting to Search Foreigners at Asiatique

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A man impersonating a police officer was arrested on the morning of 29 April, at Asiatique in Bangkok after attempting to search foreign tourists while under the influence of methamphetamine.

 

At around 08:30, Pol. Lt. Gen. Siam Boonsom, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, along with senior officers including Pol. Maj. Gen. Pallop Aeamla, Deputy Commissioner in charge of narcotics, Pol. Maj. Gen. Witawat Chinnakham, Chief of Metropolitan Police Division 5, and Pol. Col. Watit Rojanapaitoon, Superintendent of Wat Phraya Krai Police Station, ordered an operation that led to the arrest.

 

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jakrapong, was apprehended by the first operations patrol unit from Wat Phraya Krai Police Station on charges of illegal possession and use of a Category 1 narcotic (methamphetamine) and impersonating a public official.

 

Police on patrol noticed Jakrapong posing as a plainclothes officer and attempting to conduct a search on a group of foreign nationals. Upon confrontation, the real officers showed their identification and proceeded to search the suspect. A fake police ID card was found on him, falsely identifying him as “Pol. Sgt. Jakrapong” from the Metropolitan Police Division 7.

 

Under questioning, Jakrapong admitted to having fabricated the police ID himself and confessed to recent use of methamphetamine. He voluntarily agreed to a drug test, which initially took place at Wat Phraya Krai Police Station. The result was positive for methamphetamine in his system.

 

He was then taken to Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital for further testing, where results again confirmed the presence of drugs. He has since been formally charged and handed over to investigators for legal proceedings.

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-04-30.