A Thai man posing as a police officer has been arrested in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya province. The faux cop used his uniform to seem reliable however was in fact scamming individuals throughout central Thailand.
The “policeman” stated he took the dirty money to gamble in Poipet, Cambodia, and would return to rip-off individuals once more after playing it all away.
Yesterday at 2.30pm, 40 12 months Pairat Unha – a village chief in Chang Lek subdistrict – known as officers at Bang Sai Police Station about a suspicious-looking police officer claiming to hold the rank of lieutenant.
Pairat mentioned the officer came to his village trying to sell him cows, but there was something off about him, so he asked the police to come back and investigate.
Real police officers in plain clothes went to the scene and spoke to the person dressed in brown, who informed them he was Pol. Col. Wuttisak Phittakchan-im.
When the plainclothes officers requested to see his police ID card, the “lieutenant” tried to flee. So the officers detained him and took him into custody.
Inside his pickup truck, police found police gear, shirts, hats, title tags and several faux automotive registration plates.
Police investigated and found that the 58 12 months old’s fake cop’s identify is actually Wuttisak Phittakchan-im, however he isn’t an actual policeman.
Village Chief Pairat mentioned he was taking good care of his cows at house yesterday when the police officer arrives and confirmed him photos of cows and buffaloes on sale for 250,000 baht every.
The police officer mentioned he would give Pairat a discount of one thousand baht on every animal if he purchased all 20 of them.
However, Chief Pairat said he’d seen the pictures before in a cattle merchants LINE group chat, so he knew the “policeman” was mendacity.
Police discovered another victim, 26 yr outdated Amnat Ayupool, who knowledgeable police that the pretend cop scammed him out of 330,000 baht. This time, the rip-off happened at Pattanakarn Estate in Lop Buri province.
Amnat stated the identical factor occurred and he gave the pretend cop 330,000 baht in money in exchange for some cows. Freebie mentioned that as a end result of he was dressed in a police uniform, he trusted him. But the cows were never delivered.
During interrogation, Wuttisak admitted that may costume up in a police uniform to create a way of false credibility after which scam folks.
Wuttisak mentioned he would take the soiled money and use it to gamble simply across the border in Poipet, Cambodia. When the cash ran out, he’d return to the central Thai provinces and use the cow scam once more.
Backed of Pra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Provincial Police, Pol. Col. Teerawut Saengmanee mentioned this criminal deceived people by dressing as a policeman and could be prosecuted fully..