Authorities are intensifying their search for a male prisoner who escaped from Thanyaburi District Prison while attending vocational training. CCTV footage captured a pickup truck with a cage and removed license plates waiting to pick him up.
At 12:00 p.m. on 8 May 2026, reporters provided updates on the case of 37-year-old male prisoner Seksan Rupthong, who escaped from Thanyaburi District Prison in Rangsit Subdistrict, Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province, during the morning of 7 May 2026.
Upon inspecting areas around Thanyaburi District Prison, although prison officials have not disclosed details to the media, inquiries with local youths suggest the escape route was the road alongside the prison, consistent with CCTV footage from that area.. EvidenceCCTV footage at 10:38 a.m. on the day of the incident showed a dark gray pickup truck with removed license plates and a high cage driving from Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Road toward Thanyaburi District Prison. The vehicle then made a U-turn near the drainage gate at Khlong 6 and reversed into an alley behind the prison.
At 10:41 a.m., the same vehicle exited the alley rapidly, heading back toward Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Road, spending only about three minutes in the alley.
Authorities initially believe this pickup truck was used to pick up Seksan Rupthong while he was outside the prison for work duties before they fled together. Police and related agencies are currently reviewing CCTV footage along various routes to track down the escaped prisoner for legal proceedings.
Meanwhile, the Department of Corrections issued a statement confirming it received reports from the Thanyaburi District Prison regardingthe case ofa prisoner who escaped during external vocational training on 7 May at approximately 10:47 a.m.. Bythe prisoner identified as Seksan Rupthong, aged 37 years and 10 months, who was serving a sentence for bodily harm and had 23 days remaining (scheduled release on 30 May 2026). He was among inmates with relatively low sentences and had been incarcerated for some time, selected to attend external vocational training to prepare for release. He escaped by walking away during the training in front of the prison, exiting behind the prison coffee shop, then boarding a pickup truck without license plates to flee.
After the incident, the Department of Correctionsthroughits Special Operations Division and Thanyaburi District Prison quickly coordinated with police and related agencies to continuously pursue and capture the escaped prisoner and has formed a committeeto investigatethe incident.
The Department of Corrections emphasizes that all units have been instructed to tighten security measures to prevent similar incidents. The public is urged to report any information about the prisoner to Thanyaburi District Prison at 083 074 1060, 02 577 2341, or the 24-hour hotline 191.