FAKE POLICEMAN ARRESTED
Nongprue police announced this week the arrest of Mr. Sartrawut Vilasri. The 33 year old former police volunteer was suspected of posing as a police officer and extorting money from a woman outside an ATM. He was arrested at a house in Nongprue, together with a fake gun, handcuffs and a motorcycle. His victim, 20 year old Janejira stated that he approached her as she had withdrawn money from the machine on Khao Talo in East Pattaya. He claimed he was a drug suppression officer and wanted to search her. Making up a trumped up charge he arrested her and took her to a resort in Nongprue where he forced her to call her relatives to demand 20,000 baht for her release. However, during the ordeal, she managed to escape and make her way to Nongprue Police Station to make a report. According to police records the volunteer was fired due to drug taking. He was charged with impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and extortion, plus failing a drug test at the police station. He now awaits a day in court.