Department chief Narat Sawettanan on Sunday said the Sukhothai Prison was a small facility that normally had 50 officers working, but had only three guards on the weekend night shift when the jailbreak occurred. Pol Lt-Colonel Narong Utbuawong of Muang Sukhothai Police Station said Surasak Mora, 41, and Chainarong Art-pan, 33, escaped from the prison at around 8pm on Saturday. Narat said if the prison director couldn’t bring them back in 48 hours, he would face a transfer to an inactive post at the central department. A fact-finding panel has been set up to probe the jailbreak, which might have had accomplices helping the two fugitives. Chainarong was jailed for possession of 43.6 grams of “ice” and Surasak for possession of 16,000 methamphetamine pills.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 13, 2018 12:56 UTC