Moment cop disguised as bush arrests suspected child rapist in Thailand
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A police officer disguised himself as a bush to arrest a suspected child rapist in Thailand. The officer donned a camouflage suit as he crawled across a grassy field towards the rural home of alleged molester Bang Din, 20, in Chachoengsao province on December 16.
After reaching the property, the policeman revealed himself and detained the suspect who tried to hide behind furniture under the riverside stilt house. Footage shows the officer, still garbed in the shaggy moss-like camouflage, reading the list of charges against Bang Din as other policemen investigate the premises.
Police Major General Theeradech Thamsuthee, commander of the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said: "The suspect was arrested on charges of human trafficking of a minor, deception, kidnapping, and sexual assault of a person under the age of 15. We have strong evidence against him.".
Cops deployed the military-style tactics to arrest Bang Din on Monday at his home - hidden behind trees and separated by a wide field from the road. He was wanted for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in September but he had managed to elude authorities until this week.
Police said Bang Din had colluded with two other men, identified as Nattapong, 15, and Sharif Chankhao, 26, who befriended the girl on social media. They allegedly invited her 'to eat snacks' at a resort in Nakhon Nayok province, where Bang Din was said to have molested her on September 1.
The suspect reportedly confessed: "I tricked her that if she agreed, I would take her to buy some snacks. Then I had sex with her once before she said she wanted to go home. I was afraid that there would be a problem, so I rode my motorcycle to take her there. On the way, I met a group of people who seemed to be her guardians, so I dropped her off on the side of the road and sped away.".
