Metropolitan Police Bureau arrests two owners of an illegal liquor factory and charges them with four serious counts. Previously, the two suspects were detained and sent to Min Buri Criminal Court for detention, but were granted bail at the court.
At 1:20 a.m. today, police took Mr. Surasak or S, age 46, and Mr. Surachai or Art, age 44, the two suspects who own the factory that mixed illegal liquor, in for questioning at the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau after arresting them at a relative’s house in Wang Noi District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. As police escorted them out of the car into the interrogation room, both suspects had serious expressions.
Pol. Col. Kiattikun Sonthinee, Commander of Metropolitan Police Division 3, revealed that previously, the two suspects were detained and sent to the Min Buri Criminal Court on charges of jointly producing liquor without permission and having for sale liquor produced in violation of the Excise Tax Act on August 26th and were gr
anted bail in court.
However, this arrest was a case of selling liquor laced with ‘methyl alcohol’ to ‘Jay Poo’ who mixed it with herbal liquor and sold it to consumers, resulting in many deaths and illnesses. The investigator therefore collected evidence and requested an arrest warrant from the Min Buri Criminal Court, but it was discovered that the two suspects had gone to stay with relatives in Wang Noi District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, so they brought the court warrant to arrest them and charged them with attempted murder, murder of others, adulteration of food, medicine, or consumer goods for sale to others, and possession for sale of liquor produced in violation of the Excise Tax Act.
After the interrogation at the Investigation Division, Metropolitan Police Bureau, the arresting police will send the suspect to the Min Buri Metropolitan Police Station investigators for legal proceedings.
Source: Thai News Agency