A Thai bar worker has confessed to strangling and chopping up her former co-worker in a furious rage after the woman reported her boyfriend to police for drug dealing.

Preeyanuch Nonwangchai, 24, fled to Burma with two friends after Warisara Klinjui, 23, was murdered, sawed in half, and stuffed into two black bins in Khon Kaen Province, in northeast Thailand, two weeks ago.

When police caught up with Nonwangchai and her friends, Kawita Ratchada, 25, and Apiwant Satayabundit, 28, in Burma this weekend, Nonwangchai confessed to killing Klinjui.

She confessed to strangling Klinjui in a furious rage after her boyfriend was reported to police for drug dealing and later arrested.

Alleged killer Preeyanuch Nonwangchai, 24, fled to Burma after the murder. Police say she sent revealing pictures of herself to massage parlors in the area while job hunting and worked for two nights at a sex bar - as clips emerged of her working on a explicit cam site (pictured)

Preeyanuch Nonwangchai (front centre), 24, was arrested alongside Kawita Ratchada (front left), 25, and Apiwant Satayabundit (front right), 28, in Burma this weekend. Nonwangchai confessed to strangling Warisara Klinjui in a furious rage after her boyfriend was reported to police for drug dealing

Warissara Klinjui, 23, was found murdered and stuffed into two black bins in Khon Kaen Province, in northeast Thailand, last month

Klinjui, who worked at a karaoke bar, reported Nonwangchai's boyfriend for dealing drugs and led to his arrest last year.

Nonwangchai and her friends, who allegedly helped her cut up Klinjui's body, had been hiding out in Burma, where they worked at a sex bar and searched for other jobs.

The 24-year-old had sent revealing pictures of herself to massage parlors in the area while job hunting and worked for two nights at a sex bar - as clips emerged of her working on a explicit cam site.

Officers finally arrested the three girls on Saturday evening after they were seen on CCTV casually browsing dresses at a fashion store near border town Tachileik in Burma.

Bizarrely, the trio were pictured in custody at the immigration checkpoint eating cakes, laughing, smoking and applying make-up as Nonwangchai - whose sinister crime has captivated the Thai public and sparked a range of souvenirs on sale - posed with officers for pictures.

Nonwangchai (pictured above) and her friends, who allegedly helped her cut up Klinjui's body, had been hiding out in Burma, where they worked at a sex bar and searched for other jobs. When in Thailand, she worked at a karaoke bar alongside Klinjui

Officers finally arrested the three girls on Saturday evening after they were seen on CCTV casually browsing dresses at a fashion store near border town Tachileik in Burma

All three women were seen on CCTV at the retail shop as they tried to hide out from police following the murder

Nonwangchai reportedly told police: 'We worked at a karaoke bar for about two days. But due to pressure from authorities, we had to quit our jobs there and move to various small villages in Tachileik.'

Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn said three suspects, who have now been flown back to Thailand, would face jail after being handed over to Thai authorities and confessing to the murder.

Prousoontorn said: 'The suspects were flown from Chiang Rai to Bangkok and then there will be a re-enactment of the crime at the scene in Khon Kaen.'

National police commissioner Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda said the three women were charged with premeditated murder, hiding a body and receiving stolen items.

He said alleged ringleader Nonwangchai had a feud with the victim since last year after Klinjui reported her and her boyfriend to police for drugs offences and she was owed 40,000 baht.

He added: 'Preeyanuch insisted she met the victim by chance about 1am of May 25 after not having seen her for a year.

Bizarrely, the trio were pictured in custody at the immigration checkpoint (pictured above)eating cakes, laughing, smoking and applying make-up

Nonwangchai - whose sinister crime has captivated the Thai public and sparked a range of souvenirs on sale - even posed with officers for pictures while wearing what appeared to be a face mask

Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoontorn said three suspects, who have now been flown back to Thailand

The women, seen boarding a plane above, would face jail after being handed over to Thai authorities and confessing to the murder

National police commissioner Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda said the three women were charged with premeditated murder, hiding a body and receiving stolen items

'So she asked her to get into the car to teach her a lesson but they had a row in the car and she strangled her.'

The murder hunt began when locals found the remains of Klinjui stuffed in two black plastic bins and buried in a shallow grave in Khon Kaen province on May 25.

Police officers initially arrested and released Klinjui's husband Sakchai Batthongdee, 35, who travelled for work and was unaware of his wife's double life in her hometown, where she told him she was living with her grandmother.

Bisexual Klinjui had actually been seeing a former female schoolfriend and other women who she met online while working as a hooker and waitress at a karaoke bar.

Klinjui's mother Sairung Klinjui, 42, said that her daughter had a history of relationships with women.

Police initially arrested the schoolfriend she was having an affair with but she was later released.

But according to police, Nonwangchai held onto a burning grudge, attacked her to 'teach her a lesson', then when Klinjui fought back, strangled her before cutting her body into two pieces.

Officers caught suspect Wasin Namphrom, 22, in neighbouring country Laos and on Wednesday staged a recreation at the spot where he and other suspects allegedly buried Klinjui

Suspect Namphrom (center) told police that former colleague Nonwangchai, who worked at the same bar as the victim, had killed and dismembered her and that he was only driving

Namphrom (center) said that he and three female friends lured Klinjui into a car in the early hours of May 23

Namphrom, 22, leads police to the spot where he is accused of burying the sawn-in-half body of murdered bar girl Warissara Klinjui, 23, last week

Along with the three women who fled to Burma, two others were allegedly involved in the murder: Wasin Namphrom, 22, was arrested in Laos along with his girlfriend Jidarat Promkhun, 21.

Namphrom told police that former colleague Nonwangchai, who worked at the same bar as the victim, had killed and dismembered her and that he was only driving.

Nonwangchai's sister told officers that the gang only planned to 'attack her in revenge for snitching to police'.

She said: 'Preeyanuch said she and her friends only planned to lure her somewhere to assault her in revenge.

'But then the woman said, 'If I survive, then you die', so she became enraged.'

Following the murder, Nonwangchai posted several pictures online of cartoon character Chucky holding a knife.

Other pictures of Nonwangchai on social media show her posing with money, having naked bubble baths and showing off expensive handbags.

All five suspects in the case are due to stage a re-enactment and appear before a court in the coming weeks.

Suspect Namphrom staged a recreation of the murder for police and media on Wednesday following his arrest

Nonwangchai's sister told officers that the gang only planned to 'attack her in revenge for snitching to police'

Lt Gen Suan Khamai from the Khao Suan Kwang district police said arrest warrants have been issued for three remaining suspects, who are believed to have fled to Burma

The alleged killers are believed to have planned to carry out a revenge plot on behalf of Nonwangchai, who believed Klinjui had snitched on her boyfriend who was then arrested on a drug-related charge

Horrified farmers discovered Klinjui's corpse in the middle of the afternoon before alerting police. Officers said they believed the killer had a 'personal grudge' with Klinju

Horrified farmers discovered the corpse in the middle of the afternoon before alerting police.

Officers said they believed the killer had a 'personal grudge' with Klinjui.

Lt Gen Suan Khamai from the Khao Suan Kwang district police, said at the time: 'Villagers were walking and approached the area where the body was found.

'There were black sheets and they began digging. When they opened the bag they found body parts. Police immediately rushed to the scene. '

Lt. Gen. Suan said that Klinjui had worked nights in a city bar complex where she was a drinks hostess entertaining customers.

They identified her by distinctive tattoos on her back and a tattoo on her left chest which read 'Poppy'.

He said at the time of her murder: 'The dead girl was killed elsewhere, cut somewhere else, then put into a bag and transported in a car to be buried in the area.

'We believe this was a personal vendetta. When the opportunity arose they killed her and sliced the body into two pieces.

'We expect it to be a person issue related to sex and relationships.'