By The Nation
A man allegedly carrying wads of fake US currency worth Bt13 million was arrested at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Bangkok's Bang Na district yesterday.
Kowit Pulthavee, 36, said he was a shrimp farmer who had worked in the past as a police informant. He claimed the fake banknotes were seized from criminals and an investigation team had agreed they could be useful in a police sting operation,so he carried them from Chanthaburi to Bangkok by transport van but was arrested. "I don't understand why this police team arrested me. I functioned as an informant three or four times before," he said.
Colonel Sombat Milinthajinda, superintendent of Metropolitan Police Division 5, said the suspect smuggled the fake banknotes from Cambodia. Police held a sting operation to buy the fake money from him at Bt300 per banknote and the delivery was set for Bitec. When Kowit showed up, police revealed themselves and arrested him.
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