PUBLISHED : 16 Mar 2024 at 21: 28
Extortion suspect Danil Ugay, centre, is escorted by police on board a flight to Koh Samui in Surat Thani province on Friday. (Photo supplied/Supapong Chaolan)
SURAT THANI: A Russian suspect wanted in the extortion of 1.8 million baht in cryptocurrency from a Russian realtor couple on Koh Samui was arrested in Kazakhstan almost two years after being the run, bringing the total number of all six foreign suspects caught.
Interpol arrested Danil Ugay in Kazakhstan and was sent back to Thailand via Suvarnabhumi airport by Air Astana flight on Friday evening.
The 43-year-old Russian was wanted on an arrest warrant issued by the Koh Samui Provincial Court on Oct 3, 2022, for collusion in theft, physical assault without causing bodily or mental harm and coercing people through implied threats.
Pol Lt Gen Suraphong Thanomjit, commissi
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