Hero Brit cave divers who rescued kids risked arrest in Thailand by giving them ketamine

Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, who have earned the George Medal for rescuing 12 members of a Thai junior soccer team and their coach back in 2018, took an enormous risk when they administered ketamine to the trapped victims.

Rick and John, who have become known as the hero divers who saved the lives of the entire Wild Boars teams trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand following monsoon rains, could have been jailed.

As Thai SEALS carrying food supplies to the team also became stuck in the cave, the Brits put a precarious plan together to give horse tranquilliser to the stranded victims.

The stakes were extremely high as the duo were taking the risk of being arrested by Thai…