3 cops face probe over 30k bribe

Claim they found cash in seized car

Three policemen have been moved to inactive posts pending an investigation into their alleged extortion of 30,000 baht from a motorist who was behind in his car payments and using fake licence plates.

National police chief Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol said yesterday that the three officers were transferred to the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB). They face possible criminal charges and disciplinary action. Their supervisor was disciplined, the police chief said.

Pol Col Kiattisak Mitprasart, superintendent of Klong Luang police station, said the three policemen, two majors and a sub-lieutenant of the CCIB, arrested…