Pol Lt Gen Sorasak Yenprem, acting commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8 (centre) and other security authorities show items seized from arrested Akhom Muangbamrung during a raid on his house in Phun Phin district, Surat Thani, on Sunday. (Photo by Supapong Cholan)SURAT THANI: A former convict in a robbery case was arrested during police raids on his house in Phun Phin district and a rented room in Tha Chang district on Friday, police said in a press conference on Sunday. Pol Lt Gen Sorasak Yenprem, acting commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, said the police arrested Akhom Muangbamrung, 41, during a raid on his house in Moo 5 village of tambon Maluang in Phun Phin district. Mr Akhom was released from prison 10 months ago on a royal pardon after serving nine years for robbery. Two days earlier - on Wednesday - he was arrested and charged with attempted murder by Ban Nadoem police and released on bail, only to be arrested in another case on Friday, Pol Lt Gen Sorasak said.

Source: Bangkok Post October 29, 2017 09:56 UTC