French Fugitives Arrested at Asoke Condo

The arresting team were a little melodramatic, I think.

Watching too many American movies.

21 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

The arresting team were a little melodramatic, I think.

Watching too many American movies.

Not at all. do you realise how dangerous it is for the immigration officers to enter a condo where they know that red alert wanted French drug deaers are inside.So do you think they should quietly knock on the door and say this is Thai immigration if you are not busy can you please open the door as we want to have a cup of tea and a chat...No....they are risking their lives as they don't know how many are in the condo or they will be met by a hail of bullets so they burst in and take pot luck. I'm glad that you are not in charge of the immigration flying squad.

I love how all the Lt..Generals, Maj.Generals, and Colonels always manage to get their names into the news reports.

2 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

5 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

Not at all. do you realise how dangerous it is for the immigration officers to enter a condo where they know that red alert wanted French drug deaers are inside.So do you think they should quietly knock on the door and say this is Thai immigration if you are not busy can you please open the door as we want to have a cup of tea and a chat...No....they are risking their lives as they don't know how many are in the condo or they will be met by a hail of bullets so they burst in and take pot luck. I'm glad that you are not in charge of the immigration flying squad.

That's quite a leap from what I actually said.

Pointing out the theatrics surrounding some raids is not the same as suggesting officers should knock on the door with a packet of biscuits and hope for the best.

Of course, officers must protect themselves when dealing with potentially dangerous suspects. Nobody sensible would argue otherwise.

My point was about the presentation of these operations, not the necessity of taking precautions. Those are two entirely different issues.

2 minutes ago, Front Row said:

I love how all the Lt..Generals, Maj.Generals, and Colonels always manage to get their names into the news reports.

Perks of being the boss, it's worldwide.

6 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

Not at all. do you realise how dangerous it is for the immigration officers to enter a condo where they know that red alert wanted French drug deaers are inside.So do you think they should quietly knock on the door and say this is Thai immigration if you are not busy can you please open the door as we want to have a cup of tea and a chat...No....they are risking their lives as they don't know how many are in the condo or they will be met by a hail of bullets so they burst in and take pot luck. I'm glad that you are not in charge of the immigration flying squad.

Immigration flying squad ??

It's not The Sweeney!

"Send Them Back' Chants Rock European Parliament"

Classic cause and effect, or possibly, remotely linked to Pavlov's Dog theory.

The Thai Police arrests many criminals wanted by other countries now.

That's good. Out with the roaches.

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37 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

Not at all. do you realise how dangerous it is for the immigration officers to enter a condo where they know that red alert wanted French drug deaers are inside.So do you think they should quietly knock on the door and say this is Thai immigration if you are not busy can you please open the door as we want to have a cup of tea and a chat...No....they are risking their lives as they don't know how many are in the condo or they will be met by a hail of bullets so they burst in and take pot luck. I'm glad that you are not in charge of the immigration flying squad.

lmao what a nonsense. The guy literally kicks in a door he could open with his hands, he even stands in line of fire behind the door while doing so on top lol, what he rushed about in the first place, it is not like there is a second exit aside of jumping down.

It actually surprises me nobody ever tricked them by scaling down one level trough a balcony to then run away a level lower.

17 minutes ago, aseanexpat said:

lmao what a nonsense. The guy literally kicks in a door he could open with his hands, he even stands in line of fire behind the door while doing so on top lol, what he rushed about in the first place, it is not like there is a second exit aside of jumping down.

It actually surprises me nobody ever tricked them by scaling down one level trough a balcony to then run away a level lower.

And these were the things I was trying to point out in my earlier posts.

All the overkill and exaggeration.

2 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

And these were the things I was trying to point out in my earlier posts.

All the overkill and exaggeration.

they lucky there isn't really a real criminal foreigner issue here, they would have a hard time for sure.

Gotta' love the arm chair experts in this thread

How did they manage to enter Thailand?

Biometric passports and facial recognition make it possible to identify wanted persons, mainly through the interconnection of security databases and the instant retrieval of facial features with profiles flagged at borders and airports.

Databases (1:N identification): To locate wanted persons, scannable photos of travelers can be cross-referenced with police files or international notices, such as those from INTERPOL. Facial data is then compared to databases of suspects or missing persons to detect a match.

If they were on a red notice list in France already, how could they've been so easily let out of the country in the first place and then enter Thailand (as easily)....

Good frogs in, Bad frogs out.

2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

The arresting team were a little melodramatic, I think.

Watching too many American movies.

Yep. Watched too many bad TV programs jumping around like that. It's obvious that they were never trained by anyone and don't know how to work together.

Those men were sweeping each other with their guns on entry, did not cover the suspect while the officer cuffed him, and didn't even clear the other rooms until the very end.

That one idiot on the left did a nice job holding his gun in what's called a "full Sabrina" -Something learned from TV, and not police or military training.

They were lucky there wasn't another Bad Guy with a gun in one of the rooms, he could've killed all three before they even knew he was there.

Yes, I have been trained in entry and clearing techniques

Paid a lot of money for expensive passport software?

Decided to install cheap software that doesn't catch people on the way into the country - and pocket the difference?

(Concentrates with fingers pressed to sides of head)

You must be in Thailand.

2 hours ago, rumeaug said:

If they were on a red notice list in France already, how could they've been so easily let out of the country in the first place and then enter Thailand (as easily)....

As double citizen of Sweden and Finland I have two passports.

3 hours ago, hanbla said:

The Thai Police arrests many criminals wanted by other countries now.

That's good. Out with the roaches.

This does indeed not seem to be the regular, temporary phase for the headlines.

Seems to be a long term, coordinated and serious attempt to get to grips with and excise the international rot that's been allowed to fester on the Costa del Thailand. Going hand in hand with a serious nominee clampdown I've never seen in these dimensions or ferocity either. A general, cross ministry push and it's netting plenty.

I imagine there are quite a few people now who thought they were safe hiding/laying low in Thailand while the heat cools back home, whose buttholes are beginning to squeak.

3 hours ago, DULEROY said:

How did they manage to enter Thailand?

Biometric passports and facial recognition make it possible to identify wanted persons, mainly through the interconnection of security databases and the instant retrieval of facial features with profiles flagged at borders and airports.

Databases (1:N identification): To locate wanted persons, scannable photos of travelers can be cross-referenced with police files or international notices, such as those from INTERPOL. Facial data is then compared to databases of suspects or missing persons to detect a match.

It’s a very salient point. It seems that Thai police have recently begun trawling the immigration data base for names which have a red notice out on them. Which is good. Several high profile arrests and deportations have been made.

But the next logical step is to have the check done at point of entry and for arrests to be done there and then. It would add a small amount of time to the entry process but surely not that much?

Or, do it offsite later in the day, matching the days entrants to Thailand against names for which red notices have been issued.

It’s good these guys are getting caught and deported, but the sooner the better, not after they’ve been in Thailand for an unspecified period.

It’s possible red notices get issued after people have left their home country and entered Thailand of course. So a follow up sweep of newly issued red notices would be required in order to catch people already living in Thailand. Which may have been the case here of course.

1 hour ago, PoorSucker said:

As double citizen of Sweden and Finland I have two passports.

Both with the same name and face on them?

2 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

Yep. Watched too many bad TV programs jumping around like that. It's obvious that they were never trained by anyone and don't know how to work together.

Those men were sweeping each other with their guns on entry, did not cover the suspect while the officer cuffed him, and didn't even clear the other rooms until the very end.

That one idiot on the left did a nice job holding his gun in what's called a "full Sabrina" -Something learned from TV, and not police or military training.

They were lucky there wasn't another Bad Guy with a gun in one of the rooms, he could've killed all three before they even knew he was there.

Yes, I have been trained in entry and clearing techniques

Oh, didn’t realize that you were actually there !

4 hours ago, rumeaug said:

If they were on a red notice list in France already, how could they've been so easily let out of the country in the first place and then enter Thailand (as easily)....

Leaving a European country to another European country by road is the easiest thing in the world, Most countries no border checks !

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6 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

Immigration flying squad ??

It's not The Sweeney!

let me explain.Flying squad is a generic word for a specialised highly trained squad of police ,immigration or custom officers who's job it is to raid suspected properties and arrest offenders. An example is the squads during the liquor prohbition in America in the 1920's and 30's.and in Austalia in the 70's when illegal SP bookmakers were big and the flying squad used to smash into their betting shops on Saturdays and arrest them. There might have been someone by the name of Sweeney among but I don't know.

55 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

let me explain.Flying squad is a generic word for a specialised highly trained squad of police ,immigration or custom officers who's job it is to raid suspected properties and arrest offenders. An example is the squads during the liquor prohbition in America in the 1920's and 30's.and in Austalia in the 70's when illegal SP bookmakers were big and the flying squad used to smash into their betting shops on Saturdays and arrest them. There might have been someone by the name of Sweeney among but I don't know.

The Sweeney was a programme based on the London metropolitan police flying squad.

1 hour ago, wavodavo said:

let me explain.Flying squad is a generic word for a specialised highly trained squad of police ,immigration or custom officers who's job it is to raid suspected properties and arrest offenders. An example is the squads during the liquor prohbition in America in the 1920's and 30's.and in Austalia in the 70's when illegal SP bookmakers were big and the flying squad used to smash into their betting shops on Saturdays and arrest them. There might have been someone by the name of Sweeney among but I don't know.

AFAIK, the Sweeney is short for the Sweeney Todd. Which itself is Cockney rhyming slang for the flying squad.

The flying squad was a particular part of the London metropolitan police that handled high profile serious crime. Armed robbery etc.

There was a popular British tv series called the Sweeney starring John Thaw and Denis Waterman in, I think 1980’s? Maybe 1970’s.

That’s all from memory and not AI so I may be hazy on some details.

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23 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

The Sweeney was a programme based on the London metropolitan police flying squad.

Sweeney Todd - the Plod? by any chance?