Thai police have rewarded themselves with a $100,000 cash prize after they tracked down one of the men wanted for the bombing which killed 20 people at Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine last month.

The reward of 3 million baht (A$117,000) will be divided amongst the officers involved in the arrest.

The money was originally offered to the public as a reward for information which led to the capture of the suspect.

But national police chief, Somyot Poompanmua, said police caught the man due to their own abilities.

“I insisted that this is the work of officials, their accomplished work which led to the arrest is truly the work of the authorities and their investigative abilities,” he said at a press conference yesterday.