Thai Police formally arrest Spaniard Daniel Sancho for murder

A Thai court has approved the request of the Police to arrest the Spanish citizen Daniel Sancho, arrested for the murder of the Colombian Edwin Arrieta Arteaga last Tuesday in a hotel on the island of Koh Phangan, in the southeast of the country.

The order has been approved by the Provincial Court of Koh Samui after the DNA test of the human remains found inside a sack of fertilizer in a garbage container the night of the murder of Arrieta Arteaga, the commissioner of the Provincial Police of Koh Samui reported. the 8th Region, General Surapong Thanomji.

The remains, found on Thursday, actually belong to the Colombian citizen according to the results of the genetic test carried out.

Daniel Sancho, 29, remains in custody at the Phagan Police Station, accused of murder, concealment of the body and tampering with the body by dismembering the body of the deceased to hide his remains.

The young man, the son of actor Rodolfo Sancho, was arrested the day after the remains were found and ended up confessing to the crime, according to the police report collected by the Bangkok Post.