With a brand-new year almost upon us, these are 5 criminal activity stories that both mesmerized and stunned the country throughout the previous 12 months.
Nong Chompoo
It boggles the mind that the mystical death of a three-year-old lady in a little remote town in the Northeast would activate such a big media craze.
News protection about the examination into Orawan “Nong Chompoo” Wongsricha’s death was aired on specific television channels nearly every day and the story rapidly ended up being the talk of the town throughout all media platforms and the country.
One factor was perhaps the secret surrounding the death of Nong Chompoo, whose body was discovered in a forest location linked to Phu Lek Fai Mountain in Mukdahan on Might 14, 2020.
She vanished from her home in Restriction Kok Kork, Dong Luang district, on Might 11. She was alone with her 14-year-old sibling, Nong Sa-ing, while her moms and dads went to work that early morning.
As the authorities started penetrating the death of the lady, the majority of people who were dealt with by detectives as individuals of interest might inform the authorities where they were by the time the lady went missing out on, other than for Chaiphol Wipha, the other half of the lady’s auntie.
Some witnesses stated they had actually seen Mr Chaiphol taking a trip on a path resulting in the where the lady’s body was discovered.
Forensic researchers in Mukdahan likewise discovered Nong Chompoo’s hair inside Mr Chaiphol’s pickup and hair coming from his partner, Somporn Labpho, was likewise found at the criminal activity scene.
So, while Mr Chaiphol was delighting in popularity insisting he was innocent, authorities suddenly looked for an arrest warrant on June 1 for him on charges of prohibited detention of a child, deserting her, and triggering her death.
He turned himself in to the authorities in Bangkok after the arrest warrant was out before he was launched on bail with the assistance of Sitra Biabangkerd, a famous attorney who just recently revealed he is to end his function as Mr Chaiphol’s attorney, for undefined factors.
Cops apprehend Chou Yi Shen and took drugs from his condominium in the Sukhumvit location. Royal Thai Cops
Brand-new drug mixed drink
A Taiwanese trafficker of a ketamine drug mixed drink called the “k-powdered milk” mixed drink was apprehended in January at a high-end condominium on Asok-Montri roadway in Bangkok.
Chou Yi Shen, aged 38, was apprehended by Metropolitan Cops after he was discovered trafficking the “k-nom pong” drug mixed drink, as it is likewise understood, which has deadly impacts and has actually eliminated numerous victims.
Mr Shen was apprehended and drugs took, such as 4kg ketamine, 376 euphoria tablets, 4kg of crystal meth, 8kg of heroin, 11.6 g of drug, 48 pieces of LSD, and so on.
The examination started on Jan 10 when Wat Phraya Krai authorities discovered 7 individuals had actually passed away and 5 hospitalised due to using the ketamine drug mixed drink. The drug mixed drink was very first found in postal boxes in October 2020 and predestined for the United Arab Emirates.
The mixed drink consisted of ketamine and crystal meth and was provided by Mr Shen with an incorrect name before the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, checking CCTV video, had the ability to track him down.
Mr Shen was discovered to have numerous high-end condominium systems in the Lumpini, Rama IX, Town in the area, Ramkhamhaeng and Sukhumvit locations.
The suspect included that in 2012, he trafficked 280g of drug and 80g of marijuana from the United States to Taiwan and was desired by Taiwanese authorities before getting away to Thailand in 2013, utilizing a fake passport to get in the nation.
He informed authorities that he produced the substance of the ketamine drug mixed drink himself. According to the formula taped in his smart phone, he combined ketamine, euphoria and sleeping tablets as a great powder mixed drink for simple usage.
Mr Shen stated the drug mixed drink had actually likewise been exported overseas through “dark” sites and payment used bitcoins. His clients, both immigrants and Thais, likewise purchased the drug through online platforms.
He was sent out to narcotics authorities for legal action.
Cops take Teerawat Thothip to Heap Ao Yon waterfall where he eliminated a Swiss traveler. Achadtaya Chuenniran
Swiss traveler murder
A Swiss lady was discovered dead in Phuket while taking a trip under its Sandbox plan in July, triggering immediate action by authorities.
Cops invested simply two days finishing up the murder case of Nicole Sauvain-Weisskopf, deputy procedure chief of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland.
The murder was thought about major as it sullied the image of tourist in Phuket and its traveler plan.
The attack occurred at Ao Yon waterfall in Muang district where the lady was spotted lying face down in the water amongst rocks about one kilometre from the entryway of the Ao Yon waterfall in tambon Vichit.
An examination revealed the victim on Aug 3 left her hotel in tambon Vichit at 11.30 am, heading to Ao Yon waterfall. Nevertheless, she did not return.
After evaluating CCTV video, a guy was spotted driving a bike to the criminal activity scene before the victim got here. The guy returned about 3 hours later on.
On Aug 7, ideas caused the arrest of Teerawat Thothip, 27, belonging to Thalang district, whose body was discovered with swellings and scratches.
The suspect, understood in your area as “Bang Lee”, confessed his regret and informed detectives that he discovered the lady resting on the rocks while he was foraging in the location.
Teerawat, who remained in monetary tension and assuemd she need to have cash, got her in a chokehold from the back. However Sauvain-Weisskopf had a hard time, so he required her head into the water up until she drowned.
The suspect camouflaged her body with a black sheet and rocks, before concealing her knapsack behind a tree and swiping 300 baht in money.
He was charged with taking triggering the victim’s death.
Pol Col Thitisan Utthanaphon, or ‘Joe Ferrari’. Muang Nakhon Sawan Provincial Police Headquarters
‘ Gaming kingpin’ captured
The arrest of Somchai Jutikitdecha, a supposed gaming kingpin in the eastern area, at his high-end home in Rayong’s Muang district in late March became part of a big authorities operation covering 4 provinces.
The Criminal Offense Suppression Department (CSD) authorities led by its elite “Hanuman” system robbed 21 places in Rayong, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi and Bangkok on March 25 searching for individuals linked in cash laundering and prohibited gaming activities.
8 individuals consisting of Mr Somchai, 56, much better called Longjoo Somchai, and his 26-year-old kid Thana were apprehended. Possessions worth about 880 million baht consisting of 377 real estate systems were seized in the operation.
Cops utilized a ladder to climb up over the wall and get in Mr Somchai’s two-rai home on Rat Bamrung Roadway in tambon Noen Phra when nobody responded to the door.
Mr Somchai was likewise desired in connection with the declared agreement killing of a taxi motorcyclist Prathum Sa-adnak, 47, who was shot dead behind Muang Pattaya 8 School in Pattaya on July 28, 2020.
Manas Imnam, 39, and Niphon Panthong, 47, were apprehended for Pathum’s murder and informed authorities they had an individual dispute with the victim.
Nevertheless, the victim’s household thought it was an agreement killing as Mr Prathum was understood to have actually taken images of an unlawful gaming den in Chon Buri’s Pattaya, which was consequently robbed by authorities.
2 more individuals were apprehended in connection with Prathum’s death in December in 2015, and authorities connected Mr Somchai to the supposed murder plot. The probe was broadened to consist of the gaming empire presumably owned by Mr Somchai.
He was charged with agreement killing, cash laundering and organizing prohibited gaming activities and was rejected bail given that his arrest.
The examination into his network of betting dens revealed a capital of more than 15 billion baht while the cash path recommended a number of authorities in the area were included. One betting home he presumably ran in Rayong’s Muang district was blamed for the spread of Covid-19 in the province in December in 2015.
Cops browse your house of Somchai Jutikitdech in Rayong. Criminal Offense Suppression Department
Joe Ferrari’s misbehaviours
Pol Col Thitisan Utthanaphon, previous superintendent of Muang Nakhon Sawan station, made headings in August after a clip published on social networks revealed him in an interrogation space with a drug suspect being suffocated.
Pol Col Thitisan and 6 other officers are implicated of eliminating Chiraphong Thanapat, a 24-year-old drug suspect, while attempting to obtain 2 million baht from him at the station on Aug 5.
The clip revealed Chiraphong being suffocated throughout questioning, with his head covered with a black plastic bag, triggering outrage versus the authorities, and triggering Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to purchase authorities to examine.
Pol Col Thitisan, likewise called “Joe Ferrari” due to his collection of pricey automobiles, was suspended from the force pending an examination, and a court warrant provided for his arrest. He gave up to authorities at the Criminal offense Suppression Department in Bangkok on Aug 26.
Pol Col Thitisan and 6 others were prosecuted by public district attorneys on 4 charges of impropriety, abuse of authority, conspiring to murder by abuse, and browbeating in connection with the death of Chiraphong.
The other 6 are Pol Maj Rawirot Ditthong, Pol Capt Songyot Khlainak, Pol Lt Thoranin Maswanna, Pol Snr Sgt Maj Suphakon Nimchuen, Pol Snr Sgt Maj Wisut Bunkhiew and Pol Lance/Corp Pawikon Khammarew.
Cops stated they are likewise examining Pol Col Thitisan’s participation in the seizure of about 400 smuggled automobiles. They stated they had actually discovered suspicious automobile records and abnormalities in the payment of benefits for the seizures.
The case includes lots of people consisting of authorities, customizeds authorities and individuals connected to Pol Col Thitisan’s organization interests, according to authorities.
The Anti-money Laundering workplace has actually frozen about 130 million baht’s worth of possessions coming from Pol Col Thitisan, pending a probe into money-laundering claims.
The possessions consisted of an estate worth 57 million baht in Bangkok’s Klong Sam Wa district, 24 automobiles worth 70 million baht, a 1.5-million-baht condo and 18 weapons worth 720,000 baht.
Pol Col Thitisan is being apprehended in Klong Prem jail pending trial.
