On Friday, May 1, 2026, at 7.20 p.m., the Surveillance and Intelligence Center,
in coordination with the police officers of Thian Thale police station, jointly
arrested Ms. A (surname withheld), a Myanmar
national, pursuant to Criminal Court arrest warrant no. 6799/2568,
dated November 18, 2025. According to the Computer-Related Crime Act, B.E. 2550
(2007), the suspect was accused of illegally committing an act causing a third party’s computer system
to be suspended, delayed, hindered or disrupted to the extent that the computer
system fails to operate normally, jointly committing theft and
committing theft at night under the Penal Code, jointly committed
money laundering under the Anti-Money Laundering Act B.E. 2542 (1999) and the Penal Code. The officers arrested the suspect at the
roadside in Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok. The officers informed of charges and legal rights under
the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as the requirement to continuously record
a video and audio in the process of the arrest and detention until the suspect
is transferred to the special case inquiry officials, following the Prevention
and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, B.E. 2565 (2022). Subsequently, the suspect was handed over to the
responsible special case inquiry official for further legal proceedings.
The
aforementioned case is Special Case No. 21/2568, Ms. A is the suspect in a group that illegally
used government electricity for Bitcoin mining operations in Samut Sakhon
province and neighboring provinces during 2023 to early 2025. She is a close associate
of the Thai worker procurement ringleader, coordinating
networks of Thai nationals and some government
officials to provide a secret warehouse for illegal Bitcoin mining operations.
The operation to track down and arrest the suspect
under the special case arrest warrant was conducted in accordance with the
directives of Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director General of the DSI, and
Police Major Jatupol Bongkochmas, Deputy Director General of the DSI, which assigned
the Surveillance and Intelligence Center, a unit under the Director General’s
direct command, to organize operational teams to track and apprehend suspects wanted under arrest warrants, in order
to bring the alleged offenders who remain at large to justice.
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