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Rescue workers arrested for defibrillator thefts

Units stolen from police kiosks and sold at deep discounts to other rescuers, police say

Bangkok police chief Pol Lt Gen Thiti Saengsawang questions suspect Roongrote La-orchaem about the defibrillator thefts at the Taling Chan police station on Thursday. (Photo supplied)

Police have arrested two rescue workers for stealing several public defibrillators that they sold at steep discounts to other rescuers, according to the Bangkok police chief.

Roongrote La-orchaem, 37, was apprehended on Wednesday at a house on Soi Wat Kai Tia Road in Taling Chan district. Weerayut Nonpan, 32, was caught on Charansanitwong 28/7 Road in Bangkok Noi.

Police also retrieved five stolen defibrillators, said Pol Lt Gen…

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