On Wednesday at Chonburi’s Command Center, the Commissioner of Royal Thai Police Bureau Region 2, Pol. Lt. Gen. Dr. Panya Mamen, conducted a press conference was held by in companied by the Chonburi Provincial Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaamnong Rat-ta-na-goon to publicize the arrest of the 2 murderers of a mysterious man. The killers are 2 brothers Mr. Aaraan Sirichai, aged 22 and Mr. Sattawat, aged 20, both from Songkla province.

The deceased was Mr. Jack Jia, aged 20 from Cambodia, whose body was thrown on the side of Chonburi’s Motorway earlier this week. The 2 killers confessed that they had all been friends for many years, and worked together at a steel manufacturing plant in Chonburi. They were all addicted to Yah Bah and always bought the drugs to share with each other.

On the day of the murder, 3 of them plus 2 more men went to Chachoengsao province to purchase Yah Bah, and on their way back to Chonburi, they started arguing about divvying up the drugs.  The 2 brothers ganged up with another friend called Mr. Jaackrit Tareecheep, and assaulted the 2 Cambodians. Mr. Jack was beaten to death and the other man, called Mr. Aam, fell into a coma but managed to survive. Mr. Jaackrit is still on the run, and further investigations will be made, as this arrest will certainly lead to the traffickers in the Don-hua-lor Sub-district.

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