A young man claiming to be a police officer from the Crime Suppression Division abducted a purse seller and extorted money.

Nonthaburi, A vendor sells bags at a flea market. She complained that a group of men claiming to be Police Crime Suppression Division officers abducted them and extorted 20,000 baht, causing an incident in front of the police station. CCTV footage of Mr. Ta (pseudonym), 39 years old, a vendor selling fashion bags in a flea market. Brought to request help from reporters and said that on the evening of January 9th, While preparing to open the shop, four young men approached and showed their cards. Claimed to be a police officer from the Crime Suppression Division and searched inside the store. Before taking nearly 20 bags and putting them in a black bag without showing any copyright documents or search warrant. Then he was taken into a 4-door black pickup truck with an unknown license plate number. Claims that he will be compared and fined. Rattanathibet Police Station While in the car, he checked his cell phone. In order not to record audio or secretly record video clips. Mr. Ta further said that when he ar rived at the police station, he drove around in front of the police station. before taking it out to park on the roadside Then he asked if he could contact anyone to come and clear things up. If not, you must pay a fine. He then asked how much the fine was. The young man sitting next to him said that the fine here is 20,000 baht. Pay it and it's over. So he called and asked to borrow money from his mother-in-law and transfer it to the account that the group of men informed him about. After he has finished transferring money A group of young men let themselves out of the car. and returned only about 7-8 bags. The remaining more than 10 bags were claimed by the group of men to be seized as evidence in order to record the arrest. Mr. Ta added that before this group of young men drove away. He also emphasized that from now on he would come collect them monthly at the store as well. Make it after that day He and his wife never dared to open a bag shop again. Because he didn't know if the group of young men would come back again or not. If they were real police officers, they feared harassment and insecurity. Now there is no income. There is no money to repay the borrowed money. Therefore decided to request help from reporters. Source: Thai News Agency