A police team led by Pol Lt Col Chalermchai Hernsawad arrested Saudei Bahembunga, 21, from Pattani, on an arrest warrant issued by the Yala court for conspiracy to murder and commit severe violence in Yala Town.
The police received a tip-off that Saudei had run away from the Deep South to Kathu. They found him in a no-number rented house in the area. When confronted, Saudei admitted that he was the person described in the arrest warrant.
After questioning at Thung Thong police station, he will be returned under escort to the Yala police.