Three former rangers arrested in high-profile 500,000 baht Thai kidnapping incident

Today witnessed a significant operation by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD)’s special weapons and tactics unit, resulting in the arrest of three suspected culprits of a kidnapping gang. Spanning two regions in southern Thailand and one in the northeast, the operation began at 6am, with the CSD’s Hanuman unit targeting eight specific locations.

Three of these target sites were identified within Yala, four in Narathiwat, and the remaining one in Khon Kaen. The focus of this large-scale operation ties back to an incident staged on September 5, 2022. In this unsettling occurrence, a group of armed men committed an abduction from residential premises in the Rangae district of the Narathiwat province.

The abductee was taken to a house and subjected to physical abuse, which reportedly caused a broken rib. Following this horrific ordeal, the…