The Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), together with Pattaya City Police, arrested a former community police volunteer who, along with accomplices, planted drugs on a victim and extorted money through unlawful arrest.
Under the direction of Mr. Phumvisan Kasemsuk, Secretary of the PACC, Mr. Ekachai Kasemsukthawat, Deputy Secretary, Police Lieutenant Colonel Siripong Sritula, Deputy Secretary, Police Lieutenant Colonel Sarawut Khamluang, Director of the Anti-Corruption Operations Division, and Police Captain Jakkrit Prajanpol, Director of the Witness Protection Administrative Group, assigned officers from the Anti-Corruption Operations Division led by Second Lieutenant Chusakul Sutthisrisin, Mr. Piyapon Premyothin, and Mr. Nattawut Wutti to coordinate with Pattaya City Police to track and arrest Ms. Sirada (surname withheld) under an arrest warrant issued by the Central Investigation Court on Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 1, warrant no. 3/2569 dated 5 February 2026. On 23 January 2016, the suspect, then a community police volunteer at Wang Noi Police Station, conspired to plant methamphetamine and arrest the victim. They searched the victim’s home but found no illegal items. They then took the victim to a police patrol booth and jointly demanded 100,000 baht in exchange for not pursuing charges.
The suspect’s actions constituted unlawful personal gain, causing harm to the victim and public interests. Subsequently, the PACC committee resolved to indict the suspect, but she and another accused failed to appear before the public prosecutor as scheduled. The PACC prosecutors therefore requested an arrest warrant to bring the suspect in for prosecution.
Investigations revealed the suspect had fled to work at an establishment in Pattaya city. Officials from the PACC Office and Pattaya City Police arrested her on 11 November 2026 and handed her over to the Central Investigation Court on Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 1 for legal proceedings.