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Cops accused of extorting B300k from drug dealer

Three of the four police officers attached to Bang Khan police station in Nakhon Si Thammarat, their faces blurred by police, who are under investigation for allegedly extorting 300,000 baht from a drug dealer in exchange for releasing him last Thursday. (Photo supplied/ Nujaree Rakrun)

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The police chief of Nakhon Si Thammarat province has ordered Bang Khan police station to investigate four of its officers accused of extorting 300,000 baht from a drug dealer in exchange for letting him go last Thursday.

Provincial police chief Pol Maj Gen Somchai Suetortrakul on Tuesday said a  fact-finding committee would  gather evidence, question witnesses and review footage from nearby surveillance cameras, and decide if there was a case for legal proceedings against the four officers.

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