Authorities are on high alert as three oil tankers, critical evidence in an illegal oil trade case linked to notorious smuggler "Joe Pattani," have vanished from the Sattahip Marine Police Pier in Chonburi Province.

As controversy swirls around the disappearance of confiscated illegal oil tankers, the notorious history of Sahachai Jiansermsin – a key figure in the grey market and southern unrest – comes under renewed scrutiny