CHIANG MAI, Thailand – A 38-year-old Canadian man of foreign origin has been arrested in Chiang Mai on a charge of raping a British tourist, after police said they found information indicating he was preparing to leave Thailand. The suspect, named by authorities as A. G. O. S., was detained in a hotel room in central Chiang Mai at 11pm on 22 September, with the arrest announced on 23 September 2026.

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He was arrested under a warrant issued by Chiang Mai Provincial Court for the offence of rape, according to Tourist Police and Mae Ping Police Station officers. The case began after the British Consulate in Chiang Mai contacted Tourist Police Division 2 following a report from a British tourist who said she had been sexually assaulted.

The woman told officers that she had arrived in Thailand for travel and had met socially with a group of friends, including the suspect, on 13 September. The group had consumed alcohol before the alleged assault took place, police said. She later filed a complaint with investigators at Mae Ping Police Station, and officers gathered evidence and arranged for her to undergo a medical examination at a hospital before applying to the court for an arrest warrant.

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Tourist Police investigators, led by Pol Lt Col Awirut Sukhyaem, worked with officers from Mae Ping Police Station in the operation, with Pol Col Phitsanu Triamdee, superintendent of Tourist Police Division 2, having received the initial co-ordination from the British Consulate. Police said checks of information held on the suspect’s mobile phone indicated that he intended to leave the kingdom on the morning of 23 September, prompting officers to move quickly to locate him and arrest him at the Chiang Mai hotel before he could depart. The Canadian man was taken to investigators at Mae Ping Police Station for further legal proceedings, with police saying they would ensure fairness for both sides in the investigation.

-Thailand News (TN)