One of the stolen pickup trucks burns after explosives inside it were detonated near a bridge in Pattani's Mayo district last Wednesday. (Bangkok Post file photo)A man believed to be an active member of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) insurgent movement was arrested in Pattani’s Yarang district on Tuesday morning in connection with last week's car robberies and hostage taking, Thai media reported. On Monday, the Thawi Provincial Court in Songkhla approved arrest warrants for five suspects in last Wednesday's car robberies and hostage taking. Samples of their DNA were found and matched in an abandoned vehicle in Pattani’s Khok Pho district. The series of car robberies started in Pattani, where armed men held up a married couple, fish vendors, and stole their pickup truck in Yarang district about 4.30am last Wednesday.

Source: Bangkok Post August 22, 2017 04:52 UTC