PUBLISHED : 28 Jan 2024 at 04:09
Four foreigners in Pattaya have been arrested after staging a fake kidnapping of one of their number to fool the parents of the man into sending ransom money. Police found illicit drugs and guns in their room.
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) together with the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested two Englishmen, one Frenchman and one New Zealander in their rented room in Pattaya on Friday after being informed about the kidnapping of one of the Englishmen named Ian (surname is withheld), said Pol Col Wiwat Jitsophakul, chief of CSD sub-division 2 on Saturday.
During the raid, the officers seized illegal drugs including 0.6 grammes of crystal methamphetamine, a 32mm revolver and six 32mm…
