Police Bust Hotel Operation: Man Arrested for Procuring Minors for Sex Trade via Line App

On April 29, 2569, Police Lieutenant General Siam Boonserm, Police Major General Worrawit Yanacinda, and other officers from Division 191 and the Department of Special Investigation coordinated to arrest Anusotn (surname withheld), age 57, along with evidence including 5,000 baht in marked bills used for the sting operation, one mobile phone, and a white Honda City automobile.

The arrest took place at a hotel on Ngamwongwan Road, Thung Song Hong Subdistrict, Bang Kok District, Bangkok, on April 28, 2569, at approximately 2:40 p.m.

Police received a tip that the suspect was facilitating the provision of male sexual services with boys under 18 years old to clients at various locations through contact via a Line chat account named 'Koko'o Jung.' An undercover officer contacted the account, and the suspect agreed to supply a boy under 18 for 5,000 baht, arranging to deliver him to a hotel in the Ngamwongwan area at approximately 3:30 p.m.

At around 4:00 p.m., officers observed a vehicle arrive at the hotel. Anusotn and two other men, along with three minor victims, exited the vehicle and entered the building. An undercover officer, posing as a client, handed over 5,000 baht and brought all three minors to a hotel room. When Anusotn exited the building to return to the vehicle, officers revealed their identities and conducted a search, finding the marked money in his front left pants pocket.

Upon questioning, Anusotn admitted that the money came from delivering the three minors to a client. He stated his plan was to distribute 1,000 baht each to the three victims and keep 1,500 baht for himself.

Police charged him with: (1) human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation of persons aged 15-18; (2) procuring or facilitating the prostitution of minors aged 15-18; and (3) profiting from the prostitution of others. The three juvenile victims, all under 18 years old, were documented and taken into care.