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3 arrested in crackdown on kidnapping-for-ransom gang

Andi Mama, third from right, a kidnap gang suspect, was arrested at his home in Narathiwat on Sunday morning. (Photo supplied)

Three suspected members of a kidnapping gang were arrested in two Southern provinces and one in the Northeast in an operation performed by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD)’s special weapons and tactics unit on Sunday.

The operation was launched at 6am when 80 members of the Hanuman unit were deployed to raid eight targets – three in Yala, four in Narathiwat and one in Khon Kaen.

The action was related to an incident on Sept 5, 2022 when a group of armed men abducted a man from a house in Rangae district, Narathiwat province. The victim was detained in a house where he was beaten up and suffered a…

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