Police officers, teller accused of robbing Laotians
Nakhon Phanom --Four police officers were dismissed Thursday after they and a bank teller were arrested for robbing three Laotian employees of Bt3.5 million as they were returning to their sawmill in Laos.
Three of the officers are from the Highway Police – Pol Snr Sgt-Major Chadawut Nonkhamwong, 39, and Pol Sgt-Majors Ekachai Singthongchai, 35, and Jumnong Raksa, 36.
The other officer, Pol Sgt-Major Narong Boonsinchai, 39, is from the Border Patrol Police. The teller was identified as Phuwit Martlublao, 41.
Pol Maj-General Churat Parnngao, commander of Nakhon Phanom Provincial Police, said the three Laotians complained to police on Wednesday that a Highway Police patrol car forced their pickup truck to stop on Nakhon PhanomTha Utain Road while they were heading to a bridge crossing the Mekong River back to Laos.
Three men wearing police uniforms forced Sonsai Simaharad, 37, one of the Laotians, to get into their car. They took Bt3.5 million and a mobile phone from Sonsai and left him by the side of the road after threatening to kill him if he told police.
The Nation
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