Police behind every bush
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| Police nab Suriya on the bridge as he heads towards the hotel. |
Crime Suppression Division police trapped a drug dealer from Nong Bua Lamphu province by posing as a woman and luring him to a hotel rendezvous for sex.
The suspect was on the run after allegedly shooting his wife to death in a fit of rage after discovering she squandered money he earned from drug sales on online gambling.
Police nabbed Suriya (surname withheld), 37, on Dec 24 near a pedestrian overpass in Bangkok’s Prawet district.
Suriya is charged with murder and firearms offences. Police said the crime occurred on March 28, 2024, when the suspect allegedly shot his wife, Laddawan (surname withheld), also 37, at their home in Na Klang district.
The couple had three children together. After the shooting, the suspect fled the scene on a Yamaha motorcycle without licence plates.
Investigators believe the motive stemmed from a domestic dispute. The suspect, described as a major drug distributor in the Na Klang area, was enraged after his wife spent hundreds of thousands of baht from drug proceeds he had entrusted to her to gamble online until the money was exhausted.
Given the brazenness of the crime, police placed Suriya on the Royal Thai Police’s most-wanted list for 2025, ranking him 93rd nationwide. He evaded capture by moving between provinces, avoiding contact with family and refraining from using a mobile phone.
A breakthrough came when an officer, Pol Capt Nitithorn Prachankanchana, created a fake social-media profile posing as an attractive young woman. By monitoring the suspect’s circle of friends on TikTok and striking up flirtatious conversations, police learned Suriya was hiding in Bangkok. A meeting was arranged at a short stay hotel in the Prawet area.
At the time of the rendezvous, Pol Capt Nitithorn disguised himself again as a beggar sitting on a pedestrian overpass near the hotel. When the suspect arrived at the meeting point, officers identified themselves and made the arrest.
A search of the suspect’s belongings uncovered Viagra tablets, condoms and a hotel room key. During the arrest, the suspect remarked, “I managed to stay on the run for so long — I never thought I’d be caught because of a woman.”
Mr Suriya denied all charges. He was handed over to Na Klang police.
Sex trysts gone wrong
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| Sarut nabbed with the stolen car. |
A woman in Nakhon Pathom province lost her car to theft when she agreed to a hotel rendezvous with a man she met online.
The man, who took off with her car while she visited the bathroom, quickly resold the vehicle at a heavily discounted price.
Highway police later arrested the new owner, Sarut (surname withheld), 36, on Dec 23 on Highway 323 in Tha Maka district, Kanchanaburi. The seized vehicle was a white Toyota Yaris reported stolen the previous night.
Police said the case began on Dec 21, when the victim, identified only as A, arranged to meet a man named Thirachai (surname withheld), whom she met through social media. They met at a hotel in Phutthamonthon district, Nakhon Pathom.
While inside the hotel room, the suspect waited for the woman to go to the bathroom, grabbed her car keys and drove off. Unable to contact him, the victim reported the theft to Phutthamonthon police.
Investigators later learned the stolen car was heading west towards Kanchanaburi. Highway police set up checkpoints and intercepted the vehicle on Highway 323.
During questioning, the driver told police he had been contacted online the previous day by a man offering to sell a Toyota Yaris.
The seller claimed he had owned the car for about a year but could not contact the previous owner and had no registration book. He sold it to Mr Sarut for just 23,000 baht in cash.
Mr Sarut agreed to meet near the same hotel where the theft had occurred, paid the cash, and drove away. He denied any involvement in the original theft but admitted to the charge of receiving stolen property.
Police are still looking for Thirachai, the suspected car thief.
Meanwhile, in another tale of sexual encounters gone wrong, a man was seriously injured after confronting his wife and her alleged lover outside a newly bought house in Phatthalung province.
The shooting occurred on Dec 23 on a road in Tamot district. Police were sent to the scene following reports of gunfire.
The victim, identified as Suwit (no surname given), 38, was found with a gunshot wound and taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Suwit had grown suspicious that his 33-year-old wife was involved in a relationship with another man. On the evening of the incident, his wife told him she was going to check on a new house the couple had recently bought together, not far from their current home.
After she failed to return for some time, Suwit followed her there. When he arrived, he found a motorcycle parked outside the house and no sign of his wife. He waited nearby.
A short while later, a black car arrived and stopped in front of the house. When he saw his wife get out, Suwit emerged from hiding, holding a knife. He ran towards the vehicle, shouting for the driver to get out.
The driver instead fired a single shot, striking Suwit and causing him to collapse on the roadside. The shooter then drove away from the scene with the woman. Police are looking for the gunman and the victim’s wife.
Falling for her feline ways
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| A Pattaya man says he was assaulted after a woman invited him to her home to look at her cat. |
A Pattaya man says he was assaulted after a woman invited him to her home to look at her cat.
She claimed she was single, but the victim says he was attacked by her boyfriend, who turned up unexpectedly, before any romance occurred.
The incident occurred on Dec 21, but the victim, identified as Beam, 21, came forward on Dec 24 , saying he feared he might not receive fair treatment unless the case received public attention.
Beam told reporters that on the night of the incident he was drinking with friends at Smiland Market in North Pattaya. While returning from the restroom, he met a customer, identified only as A.
She took his hand, he said, invited him to join her table, and asked him to buy drinks. They struck up a conversation and exchanged Instagram accounts.
Beam said he asked the woman whether she had a boyfriend, and she insisted she was single. She later invited him to her home in the Khao Talo area, saying she wanted to show him her cat.
Arriving at the house, Beam said he noticed men’s shoes outside and became suspicious. The woman told him they belonged to a family member, and he agreed to go inside.
While in the room, she attempted to initiate intimacy, but Beam says no sex took place.
Not long afterwards, the woman’s boyfriend returned home and assaulted Beam.
The attacker restrained him, beat him for an extended period, and threatened him, declaring, “This is a civil servant’s house.”
Mr Beam said he was eventually released and forced to leave the property by climbing over a wall.
He returned to his family in a badly injured condition and was taken to hospital for treatment. Later he filed a complaint with Nong Prue police.
Mr Beam added he later learned the woman’s boyfriend had filed a counter-complaint accusing him of trespassing.
He denied the allegation, insisting he had been invited into the house by the woman herself.
The victim’s family has called on police to investigate to ensure justice is served.
Rehab popper needs a fix
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| Naranon sits in the back of the truck. |
Police nabbed Naranon (no surname given) after hearing drugs were being smuggled to participants attending a rehab camp at the Suda Duean Phen Training Centre, within accommodation run by the Chaipattana Foundation in Muang district.
Officers tracked the suspected delivery to a traffic circle near Khun Dan Prakan Chon Dam.
They asked to search Naranon, who was “standing suspiciously”, and uncovered a plastic bag containing 200 speed tablets. He was taken into custody along with the drugs.
Police said Naranon had been at the camp for five days and was one of 40 participants. After three days in treatment, investigators say, he secretly called a dealer and arranged for the drugs to be delivered nearby.
A urine test returned a positive result for drug use.
Naranon was handed over to Muang Nakhon Nayok police as police look for the man who delivered the drugs to him.
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