THAI police have distributed photographs of a Malaysian woman who was kidnapped from her home in Tumpat last week to all 19 police stations in Narathiwat province to help locate her.

Narathiwat police chief Wan Seman Wan Salleh said the police also distributed the pictures of a suspect in the kidnapping.

He added that they were helping Kelantan police, who suspected that the woman had been abducted in Malaysia and taken across the border.

“We are now carrying out a massive operation to help the Malaysian police to locate a 36-year-old cosmetics agent, who was kidnapped from her home in Kampung Semat Jal, Tumpat on September 13.

“The operation was activated as soon as the Thai police received the photographs of a woman and a suspect wanted in connection with the case,” he added.

He said police had been to a number of hotels, warehouses, and residences but still failed to find the woman, or the suspects and their hideouts.

“The Thai police have also informed the four police stations adjacent to Kelantan in Golok, Waeng, Takbai and Buketa about the abduction.

“This operation also involves the Thai intelligence agency, which is still conducting manhunts,” he added.

Wan Seman said the pictures were also distributed in other provinces, including Pattani and Songkhla.

On September 13, the woman, a cosmetics agent, was abducted from her home in Kampung Semat Jal, Tumpat 5.10pm.

Four suspects travelling in a car were believed to have abducted the woman before taking her to Thailand from an illegal jetty in Tumpat.

Following the incident, police detained three individuals, including the woman’s husband, to assist in the investigation. – Bernama, September 18, 2022.