Elite police commandos have conducted many raids in Uthai Thani in recent weeks to try to halt a rash of bloody murders. (Post Today photo)A series of police raids have been carried out in Uthai Thani to find the gunmen and masterminds behind four gruesome murders that took place in recent months. Uthai Thani, less than 300km from Bangkok, is being carefully watched by detectives after four people were murdered in five months. Many people in Uthai Thani and nearby Nakhon Sawan and Kamphaeng Phet believe the attack was perpetrated by a powerful figure who was out to eliminate his rival in a race to clinch an investment project in Uthai Thani. They also named a female kamnan in Lan Sak district as the mastermind of the murder that occurred in October.

Source: Bangkok Post March 12, 2017 22:43 UTC