Fake Police Gang arrested in Pattaya

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Fake Police Gang arrested in Pattaya



PATTAYA: -- On Sunday Night a press conference was held at Pattaya Police Station to announce the arrest of 4 people accused of operating as fake Police Officers and extorting money and assaulting individuals they would illegally detain.

The group were arrested at a Motel in South Pattaya where they were known to be holding a women against her will. They accused her of drug use and detained her before taking her to the Motel Room, where the plan was to extort money from her in exchange for her release. Luckily she was able to contact her family who raised the alarm with Police who attended the Motel, rescued the woman and arrested the group.

The suspects, 3 men and 1 woman, were caught in possession of 3 firearms, 2 sets of handcuffs, 2-way radios, a gold necklace reportedly taken from the female victim, 2,750 Baht in cash and a small quantity of the class 1 drug Crystal Meth.

The group were known to target suspected drug users who would be taken to the Motel room and drug tested.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/218850/fake-police-gang-arrested-in-pattaya/


-- Pattaya One 2015-11-03

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‘Fake Cops’ Arrested for Extorting Pattaya Drug Users
By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter


Fake guns and other evidence confiscated in the raid were displayed to reporters on Sunday night.

PATTAYA — Four people suspected of extorting ransom money from alleged drug users were arrested in the resort town of Pattaya, police said on Sunday night.

The four suspects are suspected of kidnapping and extorting an unknown number of victims for at least a month by posing as security forces, until a tip led officers to raid a hotel Sunday where they freed five hostages, said Lt. Col. Pawatchai Sudsakhon of the Pattaya City Police Station last night.

Pawatchai said the group – three men and one woman – would enter homes of people “involved in narcotics” and identify themselves as soldiers, police and anti-narcotics agents.

“After that, they would take the victims to a safe house and test their urine,” Pawatchai said. “Then they would extort the victims of money in exchange for their freedom. If the victims didn’t have money, they would assault them and detain them.”

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1446464637&typecate=06&section=


-- Khaosod English 2015-11-03

[Basil B]

And the hotel staff had no idea what was going on...

[ezzra]

Wouldn't be a hoot if a fake police would have been arrested by another group of fake police for a shakedown?

I'd like to be a fly on the wall if it dose ever happened....

[BigBadGeordie]

Great pointing and a good group photo, BUT, could someone please clarify for me which ones are the "fake" Police?

[Sakeopete]

That will teach them for cutting in on the real Thai police's extortion racket.

[jacko45k]

Absolutely.... if fake police want to get on they have to extort with the best of them.

[prakhonchai nick]

And were the drug using hostages who were freed by the real police subsequently arrested for drug use?

[AlQaholic]

Who are the fakes? The pointing is above all expectations! Excellent finger pointing!

They prolly thought "well if they can do it so can we"

Edited November 3, 2015 by AlQaholic

[godden]

Didn't know they had REAL police

[pinkpanther99]

The level of finger pointing in the photo above is off the scale.

Never have I seen such accomplished finger pointing.

[stephenterry]

The girl in the red top is a cracker

[BigBadGeordie]

The girl in the red top is a cracker

Sexy "man" indeed ;-)

[monkey4u]

Great pointing and a good group photo, BUT, could someone please clarify for me which ones are the "fake" Police?

Silly man.

Its the jacket on the end of the table,

[Thian]

After being here for more then a decade i still don't know what a real policeman looks like.

Anybody can buy a "police" jacket or put some blue/red lights on his car.

[jcisco]

Damn that was handled so quickly and effectively, didn't know they had it in them. Good on em.

[kmj]

I feel the police and army in the photo are really letting the side down, not one of them are pointing, come on boys make an effort...

[inzman]

Damn that was handled so quickly and effectively, didn't know they had it in them. Good on em.

the real mafia don't put up with copy cats. Don't mess with their honeypot. Haha

[jalansanitwong]

I will assume the 'lady' is the one on the far right the other two are wolf males.

Good shakedown work by the BIB, i am surprised they can tell the difference between fake and real cops.

I have no idea what a real cop is supposed to look like in LOS.

Edited November 3, 2015 by jalansanitwong

[jcisco]

I will assume the 'lady' is the one on the far right the other two are wolf males.

Good work by the BIB, i am surprised they can tell the difference between fake and real cops.

I dont even know what a real cop looks like in LOS.

Wolf males, like Omegas or Alphas..... I don't geddit.

[phantomfiddler]

The only difference between the fake policemen and the real ones is that the fake ones probably extort less money from us

[ggt]

I am thoroughly confused now...I thought all Pattaya police were fake...

[silent]

Prepare for next week's announcement of further investigation leading to a bigger gang of fakes extorting farangs over the years. Unfortunately but they managed to elude police and army personnel in their joint effort to rid the country of undesirables. Investigation continuing.

[jalansanitwong]

What strikes me the most is how ugly all the people are in the photo.

Pattaya is not exactly renowned for its beautiful people is it?

I cant remember the last time i saw a pic of a pretty girl in Pattaya.

[Nicki D]

The group photo op with bunch of cops standing around and people point at the accused only confirm the location...'third world'.

[DD13]

The girl in the red top is a cracker

Behave. ?

[MauiSteveBKK]

What time and date is the Re-Enactment?

[jcisco]

What time and date is the Re-Enactment?

Otherwise known as shakedown training day

[Stokakrishna]

fake police.

imagine that in any other civilized country

[kiwikeith]

Absolutely.... if fake police want to get on they have to extort with the best of them.

If they Wai three times to the superior officer they might be given jobs as real police.