PUBLISHED: 14:01 on November 8, 2023.
For extorting 27, 000 ringgit from a Japanese artist and her companions for owning vaporizers and failing to turn in their documents earlier this year, the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases sentenced four Bangkok officers to five years in prison each.
The four police officers, who came from Huai Khwang place, included two police officers. On January 5, at a makeshift station on Ratchadaphisek Road, close to the Chinese ambassador, the incident happened around one in the morning.
Charlene An, a visiting actress, and her unusual friends were taken out of the Grab car to be searched at the checkpoint. Three smoking products were discovered by the police, and not all of them had passports with them.
In exchange for dropping claims, the four officers demanded 27, 000 baht  from the team.  ,
In addition to the jail terms, the court mandated that they turn over the bribe money to law enforcement.
Two additional police officers who were also charged at the convoy were released. They assisted in stopping the car, but they were not involved in the search or pay negotiations, according to the jury.