Eleven people, mostly women, have been arrested in multiple raids for allegedly procuring schoolgirls for a sex service operating as a fake modelling agency.
Police arrested the suspects at several locations on Sunday after uncovering private LINE chat groups where high school students were being offered for sexual services.
Detectives gained access to the groups, which charged entry fees ranging from 1,500 to 20,000 baht, and found detailed information about numerous schoolgirls, including their names, body types, schools and photographs in school uniforms.
Most of the girls are studying in high school in the Greater Bangkok area and are aged between 16 and 17, police said.
According to police, the girls said they had initially applied for part-time jobs as PR staff or product presenters advertised online by a fake modelling agency. They were later persuaded to provide sexual services to clients who were members of the chat groups. Each encounter cost between 20,000 and 30,000 baht, with the girls receiving around 10,000 baht each.
Among the 11 suspects, two key figures confessed to the offence. The remaining suspects, mostly women aged 19 to 42, admitted to acting as procurers but claimed they were unaware of the schoolgirls’ exact ages.
During Sunday’s operation, police rescued nine schoolgirls.
