Commander of Provincial Police Region 8 announced the closure of the case of kidnapping and murder of "Komas", the owner of a cockfighting arena in Chumphon Province, after arresting "Jay Uan", his wife, who was his employer. Along with a gang of kidnappers and an international car trafficking gang. Pol. Maj. Gen. Niphon Panitcharoen, deputy commander of Provincial Police Region 8, led a statement closing the case of kidnapping and murder and concealing the body of Mr. Khanop, age 56, or Komas, owner of a cockfighting arena in Sawi District, Chumphon Province. Due to the fact that on February 1, 2024, Komas disappeared from his residence in the area of ??Village No. 5, Khao Khai Subdistrict, Sawi District, Chumphon Province, along with his Toyota Fortuner car. Chumphon registration number, later on February 5, 2024, Mr. Samran, 72 years old, Komas' older brother. Reported to Nasak Police Station, Sawi District, that his younger brother had disappeared from his home with his car. While on February 4, 2024 a t 5:00 p.m., the highway police discovered a car parked in the forest near the border with a neighboring country in the area of ??Mueang District, Nakhon Phanom Province, but did not find Komas. Later, police from Subdistrict 5, Crime Suppression Division, and Police Station Area 8 investigated and found out that a group of criminals had taken Komas' car and sold it to an international car trafficking gang. Until they were able to issue arrest warrants and prosecute 7 people accused of committing theft. or receive stolen property The accused are 1. Mr. Somchai, the car seller, 2. Mr. Siwaphong, the hired driver, 3. Mr. Woradon, the hired driver, 4. Mrs. Atchana, 5. Mr. Thanakorn, 6. Mr. Samart and 7. Mr. Somchai, car buyer group In the case of the abduction and murder to conceal the corpse of Komas The Lang Suan Provincial Court approved an arrest warrant for the employer and the gang that kidnapped and killed 5 people. The police have already arrested 3 people: 1. Mrs. Wanphen or Jae Uan, Komas's wife, 2. Mr. Somchai or Chai, the team leader, 3. Mr. Thursday, and the other two people. Still escaping are Mr. Sutheep and Mr. Weerapat. We are currently following up to arrest him and expect him to be found soon. Pol. Maj. Gen. Nipon Panitcharoen, deputy commander of Provincial Police Region 8, said that the case was divided into two groups of suspects: a group of people who bought and sold cars internationally. So far, 6 people have been arrested, while the rest are currently being controlled by the Crime Suppression Division police. The investigation is in progress to expand the results of arresting the entire network. For the case of abduction and murder of Komas The main suspect is Jae Uan, who was hired to kill her own husband and Mr. Somchai, both of whom have been arrested. Mr. Somchai was the leader of the gang that abducted and killed and buried the corpses, although the two men gave conflicting statements. Jay Uan said that he was the employer. but did not witness the behavior of abducting and killing A s for Mr. Chai, he testified that Jae Uan had already killed Komas, her own husband, at their house. and telephoned to hire him to take the body and dispose of it for concealment only This matter must be investigated to find out who committed the murder. But evidence from CCTV and the behavior of the crime can be linked to who is responsible for the abduction and murder of Komas. In addition, it was found that the timeline diagram of the incident route and evidence from CCTV cameras at many points also found that Mr. Chai After the incident on February 1, 2024, then on February 2, 2024 at 2:44 p.m., Mr. Chai was the driver of Komas' Toyota Fortuner. Go send it to Mr. Samat. The gang bought a car in Soi Charoen Nakhon 50, Bangkok, then Mr. Chai took a plane back. Nakhon Si Thammarat Province There is evidence of CCTV footage at Don Mueang Airport. and Nakhon Si Thammarat And evidence of money transfer was sold at a price of 450,000 baht before the Fortuner car was driven and parked in the forest in Mueang Dis trict, Nakhon Phanom Province. Source: Thai News Agency