Pol Col Phumin said the raids, involving about 50 CSD police, followed the government and the Royal Thai Police's policy to do away with informal loans. Pol Col Phumin said the documents seized from Ms Chanpen's house indicated that about 100 million baht was circulated in the illegal money-lending operation. Of the five pistols, three belonged to Ms Chanpen and the two others to Mr Suradet. Pol Col Phumin said Ms Chanpen confessed in a questioning to operating the illegal money-lending business for over eight years, with a startup fund of only 90,000 baht. Pol Col Phumin said the two networks were not linked.

Source: Bangkok Post April 02, 2017 09:33 UTC