Finnish tourist alleges police extortion to get cash from parents

PHUKET: A Finnish tourist in Phuket swindled his parents out of 7,000 euros by pretending he had been arrested and needed that amount to be released, police have said.

Pol Lt Col Ekachai Siri, a superintendent of tourist police on the southern island, said police received a complaint on Friday that the parents of a Finnish man, 27, had lost…