Six cops in Nakhon Phanom, a Northeastern province in Thailand, allegedly demanded a drug dealer to pay them money in exchange for releasing his accomplices.
A Facebook page posted a photo of a man and a woman with a sack that had 200,000 methamphetamine pills in it, with an audio clip of a man who claimed to be a drug dealer. In the clip, the dealer says Nakhon Phanom police demanded he pay them to release his accomplices who police had captured in January. He also claims the drugs that the police had seized “vanished”.
The 6 accused officers have been transferred as the police department investigates the allegation. The major general of the Nakhon Phanom police says he ordered an investigation as soon as he heard of the allegations, and he “won’t protect any of the police found guilty”.
He said if there is evidence, criminal and disciplinary actions will be taken, and…
