A man suspected of being a member of a gang who gunned down a father in Trang province earlier this year was arrested yesterday, said Crime Suppression Sub-division 6 commander Pol Col Pongpanot Chukaew.
Akradej Numark, alias Tia Carbine, 35, was arrested by Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police at a house in tambon Na Not in Phatthalung’s Muang district under a warrant issued by the Trang Provincial Court on a charge of premeditated murder.
On Feb 8, a group of armed men shot Sukhawit Janthawong, 35, to death in front of his 8-year-old daughter in Trang’s Palian district.
A police probe found the armed men were members of a gang called “Carbine” operating in Phatthalung and Trang provinces. The gang was hired to kill Sukhawit as part of a family feud.
With evidence collected by police, the court approved requests for the arrests of the suspected gang members and the man who hired them.
A CSD crackdown was launched on April 25, in the lead-up to the May 14 election. Several suspects were arrested, with Mr Akradej apprehended yesterday.
Mr Akradej has denied the charge. He was handed over to Ban Nong Euang police station in Trang for legal proceedings.