Bangkok ‘body in the bag’ gang were from Bhutan. Dead man named

Police announced Thursday that the gang believed responsible for the “body in the bag” case in Bangkok have all fled Thailand.

They were from Bhutan. The man found in the bag in the Ong Ang canal in Phra Nakorn district was named as Ugyen Tshering,45, also from the Himalayan mountain kingdom.

He was discovered floating in a ‘Bodium’ bag earlier in the week. An autopsy revealed he had died when one of dozens of condoms containing amphetamines in his stomach had burst leading to overdose.

The gang, believed seven strong in total had entered Thailand via India on the 28th of March.

Six of them left last Saturday, April 2nd, a police spokesman has now confirmed.

A big investigation of the canal, guest houses and bag shops in the area where the body was discovered failed to produce a suspect but leads gained revealed that those presumed guilty of dumping their gang member have already left.

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