Phuket police arrest armed extortionists in van outside hotel

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Asian victims were both free and unharmed.

PUBLISHED: 24 Feb 2025 at 13: 35

Police question two of the four men accused of holding two Vietnamese men at gunpoint in a van outside a hotel in Muang district, Phuket. (Photo: Muang police station, Phuket)
Two of the four people are being interrogated by police for allegedly holding two Asian people at gunpoint in a van outside a resort in the Muang city of Phuket. ( Photo: Muang police station, Phuket )

Bali- Four men were detained in a van outside a resort in the Muang district while supposedly trying to extort money from two Asian men at gunpoint. &nbsp,

The reported victims were freed unharmed and the alleged fraudsters, three Thai people and a stranger, were taken into custody. The police withheld the titles and additional details of the alleged fraudsters.

In front of the Khao Rang Place resort in tambon Lad Yai, a group of officers led by Pol Phuket police chief Pol Maj Gen Sinlert Sukhum conducted the arrests.

At 11.26 p.m. on Saturday, they responded to rumors that four men with guns had forced two Asian men to enter a Ford truck in front of the resort.

Facts were made public by Muang authorities on Monday.

The arresting group reported finding two Taiwanese people, Van Trung Phan, 40, and Quang Minh Nguyen, 21, inside the vehicle, along with the four reported fraudsters. The four accused people were taken to Muang authorities place for legal action after allegedly stealing three firearms.

The four men face charges of trying to extort money from the two Asian males through threats. &nbsp,

Three guns are seized from the four men -three Thais and one foreigner -accused of allegedy trying to extort money from the two Vietnamese men in Phuket. (Photo: Muang police station, Phuket)

The four people are accused of trying to extort money from two Asian people in Phuket, and they have three firearms in custody. ( Photo: Muang police, Phuket )