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Police in Pattaya are reporting that they rescued an Estonian man from the clutches of death after he fell under the sway of a gang comprised of several Russians and their Thai accomplice.
A section of Pattaya Nua road was closed off by the police on Monday, in their hunt for a Honda Accord sedan and a Honda City sedan that had been used in the abduction.
Upon stopping the Accord, the police spent half an hour persuading those inside to lower the windows and step out of the car. Janek Keysol, an Estonian man, was found in the back seat, bound and wounded. The three abductors, a Peruvian by the name of Alexander, a Russian man and a Thai, had in their possession ski hoods, a taser, cash, anesthetics, a mobile phone jammer and a quantity of cocaine.
The suspects said Alexander, who was among those arrested, hired them to abduct and kill Janek. It appears that Janek had crossed the Peruvian in a condominium deal and was preparing to run away with the money. They also reported that the Estonian man had made death threats against the Peruvian, after the deal went sour.
Three additional Russian men were involved in the abduction, and are still at large, although police have located their vehicles.
Police learned of the abduction from Janek’s wife, on whose information the chase was engaged.
