Chaiyaporn said he returned
to crime to pay off gambling debts and support his infant child.
Boonlua Chatree
A Sriracha ex-convict arrested for dealing crystal methamphetamines as
part of a Chonburi Prison-based drug network is free again after escaping
from Pattaya Police Station.
Chaiyaporn Thaicharoen, 36, was apprehended May 14 as he arrived at a Third
Road bar, allegedly to deliver drugs to a customer. Police found 47.7 g. of
ya ice and a loaded gun in his Toyota Camry.
Hours later, however, Chaiyaporn escaped custody while Sen. Sgt. Maj.
Rungphet Champi was jailing prisoners on the police station’s second floor.
As of press time, he still had not been recaptured.
Unsure whether Rungphet intentionally aided Chaiyaporn’s escape, Pattaya’s
acting police superintendent suspended the officer and filed criminal
charges of recklessness leading to a prisoner’s escape against him.
Chaiyaporn had been released from Chonburi Prison less than a year ago and
police said he’d confessed to dealing drugs for a convicted dealer held
there. He said he returned to crime to pay off gambling debts and support
his infant child.