Body found after a month
Police dig at the site where they found Patipon's body.
The victim, Patipon Phitak, better known as “Film Lak Chang”, 35, was found buried in Chang Klang district a month after his family reported him missing.
The body was wrapped in plastic and buried 1.5 metres deep. Police say the earlier arrest of five suspects in Phang Nga province led to the gruesome find.
Following a missing person report filed by the victim’s family on July 17, police secured a search warrant for the homes of the key suspects, a husband-and-wife duo.
Although the couple initially evaded arrest, a joint operation on the night of Aug 27 in Kuraburi district of Phang Nga, near the Thai-Myanmar border, led to the capture of five suspects including the pair. They were taken to Chang Klang station for questioning.
On Aug 28, authorities, with local officials, police dogs, and some suspects, located the burial site. After over an hour of digging, they uncovered a sack containing the victim’s body, cemented over.
The murder appears to have been orchestrated by the couple and their 5–6 accomplices after the victim allegedly failed to pay for 42,000 methamphetamine pills.
They lured him to their house, assaulted him, sealed his body in a sack with cement, and buried him on the hill before fleeing.
During searches of the couple’s house, authorities recovered 19 items belonging to the victim, including a motorcycle, helmet, mobile phones, bullets, a CCTV server, and other personal belongings.
Earlier, on Aug 6, police also discovered and seized a large stash of 326,200 methamphetamine pills buried near the suspect’s home in Chang Klang.
After more than 40 days of investigation, authorities caught the gang and located Film Laksang’s body. Charges were pending.
He’d rather be miserable
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| The knifeman spotted outside the condo unit. |
A case of obsessive love turned deadly in Samut Prakan after a young man stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her friend before leaping from a building to his death.
Both women remain in critical condition.
The tragedy unfolded on Aug 25 in Bang Sao Thong district when CCTV footage captured the 24-year-old man entering his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in an attempt to reconcile.
When the 18-year-old woman rejected him, he grabbed a knife and attacked her along with her 19-year-old friend, forcing both to flee for their lives.
He then jumped from the seventh floor, landing on a parked car before later dying at hospital.
Security cameras show the man walking into the room and closing the door. Moments later, the ex-girlfriend, 18, burst out and ran down the stairwell before collapsing in a pool of blood. Her friend, 19, staggered out covered in blood and made it into the elevator to seek help.
The attacker never emerged — he had already jumped.
The 19-year-old victim, stabbed in the chest and stomach, was taken to Ruamchai Pracharak Hospital in critical condition, her life hanging in the balance. The 18-year-old, stabbed in the abdomen, was taken to Bangna 2 Hospital with severe injuries.
Investigators learned the suspect had previously been removed from the apartment by security guards after repeatedly harassing his ex-girlfriend. Just before the attack, he posted a chilling message on social media:
“If I can’t be happy, don’t expect you will be, either.”
Kratom tea pitched at kids
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| Police raided a shop selling cannabis buds and flavoured kratom tea. |
Police raided a shop in Chiang Rai after parents complained it was selling cannabis buds and flavoured kratom tea to local students.
Officers from the Chiang Rai provincial administration, public health office, district office, and city police inspected the shop, less than 200m from a hospital and schools.
Although the shop had a licence to sell cannabis products, officials found it was also openly selling brewed kratom tea in various flavours, no doubt designed to appeal to kids.
The sales were carried out without asking buyers for ID or medical prescriptions, meaning even high school students could easily buy the products.
Reports said youths from Chiang Rai and surrounding districts would often gather to drink the tea and use cannabis both day and night.
During the raid, 27-year-old manager Wichitsak admitted the shop sold a wide variety of cannabis flowers and kratom teas, with no age checks.
He told officers the business earned between 10,000–15,000 baht a day. He was charged with selling kratom tea, classified as a prohibited food product under the Ministry of Public Health’s regulations, and operating a food business without proper certification.
The provincial health office said it will suspend the shop’s licence.
‘Jack’ loses his cool
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| Police inspect the karaoke bar where a customer opened fire on a rival. |
Police in Rayong are pursuing man known only as “Jack” after he opened fire on a rival during a late-night brawl in a karaoke bar.
The shooting was reported at a karaoke joint in Klaeng district in the early hours of on Aug 26.
Police arrived to find customers still calmly drinking as though nothing had happened.
One man, aged about 40, had been shot once in the right leg.
He managed to flee and collapse in a wooded area about 100m from the bar.
Police recovered a 9mm shell casing and two unfired rounds.
Nearby, the victim’s black sedan was found with its windows smashed.
Police learned the victim had been drinking with two friends.
Later, “Jack” arrived with his girlfriend and three others. The two men already had a history of bad blood.
Trouble flared when Jack’s girlfriend went over to greet an old acquaintance. Jack, jealous, grew agitated.
Amid the commotion, another customer suddenly jumped on a table and attacked Jack.
Believing his rivals were behind it, Jack drew a handgun and shot the victim in the leg. The wounded man ran into the forest to escape.
Jack then turned his fury on the victim’s car, smashing its windows with a brick.
He also fired several shots into the air to intimidate patrons before fleeing, collecting spent casings as he left.
Police have questioned the bar manager and are now trying to track Jack down.
The karaoke bar has no security cameras, leaving investigators uncertain how Jack made his getaway or what vehicle he used.
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