Police deploy sniffer dogs to search for missing Russian siblings in Pattaya
Police deployed sniffer dogs to search for two missing Russian siblings who mysteriously disappeared in Thailand.
Officers brought in police dogs Yaya and Hunter to comb abandoned buildings and remote areas as they raced to find the siblings Diana Nazimova, 22, and her brother Roman Nazimova, 17, in Pattaya, on July 30.
The pair were last seen being followed by a motorist along a frontage road on the Map Ta Phut-Na Jomtien motorway before mysteriously vanishing in the early hours of Sunday morning, July 26.
Police on Wednesday discovered their dismantled Honda ADV160 in a freshly dug pit in an old cemetery some 200 metres from the motorway.
Footage shows the canines scouring forested lands in the Sattahip and Huai Yai districts after the police dogs were given clothing belonging to the missing siblings to pick up their scent.
Officers said they were reconstructing possible scenarios and analysing the suspected perpetrator's movements to identify where evidence may have been concealed.
Addressing rumours that the siblings may have travelled to neighbouring Chanthaburi province, police said there is currently no evidence they left Pattaya.
Officials said they were also hunting recently released ex-convict Thana Kerdthong, 43, who was allegedly seen on CCTV speaking to the siblings before their motorbike was found buried near his home.
Authorities have been searching for Diana and Roman since they went missing in Pattaya on Sunday, July 26.
CCTV reportedly showed them greeting guards at the security booth of the housing estate as they drove away on a black Honda ADV motorcycle, at around 4:02 am local time.
They were later seen speaking with an unidentified motorcyclist under the Chak Ngaeo motorway bridge.
The pair were then seen riding along a frontage road near Wat Bang Yai, with another motorcycle closely following them at around 4:31 am.
Just minutes later, they passed the traffic lights under the Ban Sak Ngaeo motorway bridge before vanishing from the cameras.
Their mother Zarina Nazimova, 40, said she has been living in Pattaya since 2018, and her children joined her in 2021. Neither of the youngsters can speak Thai.
Police are appealing for information on the missing siblings' whereabouts as the search continues.
