On June 14, 2014, Pol. Col. Phatrawut Onchuai, Superintendent of the 5th Division, Metropolitan Police Bureau, led a force to arrest Pol. Lt. Surapol Suwannarat, Deputy Superintendent of the Crime Suppression Division, Metropolitan Police Bureau 7, and Pol. Lt. Sarot Ostanon, Deputy Superintendent of the Crime Suppression Division, Metropolitan Police Bureau 7. Mr. Nattapol, Mr. Wachira, Mr. Chittarin, Mr. Waiwat, Mr. Chatuporn, and Mr. Methee, the suspects with an arrest warrant from the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases, No. Chor. 47-54/2567, dated 13 June 2024, along with evidence of 4 cars used in the incidents, shirts with 8 Central Investigation Bureau insignia, 3 car license plates, 1 cash card, 1 Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division assistant card, and 1 Environmental Crime Suppression Division emblem. Following up on the incident on the evening of 29 May 2024, a group of men dressed like police, wearing coats and vests with the symbol “CIB Central Investigation Bureau, Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division” on the back, drove 3 cars, identified themselves as police, and requested to inspect the wrongdoing inside 2 kratom tea shops located in Tambon Khok Kham, Mueang District, Samut Sakhon, claiming to be police from the Central Investigation Bureau. They requested to search both shops and informed the managers of both shops that their actions were illegal and would invite them to the Bang Khen Environmental Crime Suppression Division. If they wanted to drop the case, they had to pay a total of 28,000 baht. The first shop agreed to transfer 13,000 baht and the second shop 15,000 baht in cash in exchange for not being prosecuted. The managers of both shops admitted that they did not know their actions were illegal, so they agreed to pay the money in exchange for not being prosecuted. Then, the group of men dressed like police officers asked to collect a monthly fee of 3,000 baht before asking for the phone numbers of both shop managers and saying that they would have the administrator call them the following month before they all left the shops. After the incident, someone provided information to Pol. Gen. Kittiratt Panphet, acting national police chief, who then ordered Pol. Lt. Gen. Jirabhop Phuridet, commissioner-general of the Central Investigation Bureau, to send a team to investigate the facts and to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators without exception. Since they are law enforcement officers who committed the crime themselves, they cannot be ignored. Later, Pol. Lt. Gen. Jiraphop ordered officers to go to the area to investigate the facts. From the investigation, it was found that the police colluded with civilians to commit the crime. There were a total of 11 perpetrators. Therefore, evidence was collected and an arrest warrant was requested from the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases to issue an arrest warrant for all 8 individuals. As for the other 3 suspects, 2 of them, Mr. Phanuwat and Mr. Phichit, after learning about the incident, requested to surrender themselves to the Crime Suppression Division police. Currently, only Pol. Sgt. Maj. Prabpairee Lumphun, assigned to the Samut Sakhon Provincial Police, is left. It is expected that he will surrender himself on Monday (June 17). From the investigation, Pol. Lt. Surapol and Pol. Lt. Sarot denied the charges, admitting that they went with them but did not demand the bribe. As for the CIB police shirts and the TAT ... Initially, the two police officers were charged with being state officials who acted or omitted to act in a manner that might lead others to believe that they had a position or duty when they did not, in order to seek benefits that were not lawful for themselves or others, under Section 157. All civilians were charged with supporting state officials who acted or omitted to act in a manner that might lead others to believe that they had a position or duty in order to seek benefits that were not lawful for themselves or others. They were taken to the investigation officers of the Crime Suppression Division 5. They were then taken to the Central Criminal Court for detention this morning. The news report also stated that in addition to committing this offense, there was also information that the group of people had also posed as police officers of the Central Investigation Bureau and demanded benefits from several illegal oil operators in Samut Sakhon Province. Read more news at: https://ch3plus.com/news/social/weeke... ------------------------- #SaturdayNewsWeekend (MorningNews Weekend) June 16, 2024 Follow the news before anyone else here ch3plus: https://ch3plus.com/news/programs/mor... facebook: / morningnewstv3 Twitter: / morningnewstv3 YouTube: https://cutt.ly/MorningnewsTV3 Tiktok: / morningnewsch3