Bangkok police report three cases cleared up - taxi drivers, frauds and foreign romance scammers arrested

[snoop1130]

Bangkok police report three cases cleared up - taxi drivers, frauds and foreign romance scammers arrested

 

 

Police gathered at an open air press conference at the national Stadium yesterday to report on the resolution of several high profile cases in recent days.

 

First up was the arrest of two taxi drivers in connection with the robbing of a Lebanese tourist who was taken to Suvanabhumi airport by two men in a cab from Don Meuang. These were Sunthorn Rortsap, 45, and Watcharit Janyu, 42. The latter has denied the charges.

 

Tourist police and 191 cops announced the arrest of seven romance scammers preying on gullible Thai women through social media. One was Nigerian and the rest were Thai.

 

The gang posed as eligible and good looking foreign men and when they had gained the trust of the victims endeavored to fleece them of money.

 

In a third case involving tourist police, 191 and the Huay Khwang station a 41 year old man called Patrawit Khateu was arrested on a charge of pretending to be Thai. Police say he obtained Thai ID then opened up a travel company under false pretenses.

 

The authorities also said that 36 places were raided looking for illegal residents and over-stayers in Bangkok. These raids under the "Insri Tamil" or Black Eagle banner resulted in the arrest of eight Ugandans and one Nigerian for not having permission to be in Thailand.

 

A further five people were arrested on overstay. One was from Uganda, one from Senegal, one from South Africa and two from Nigeria. 

 

Source: https://www.dailynews.co.th/crime/613290

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-11-30

[hellstens]

Good job!

[BigBadGeordie]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

First up was the arrest of two taxi drivers in connection with the robbing

Well done only X,00 to go.

 

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourist police and 191 cops announced the arrest of seven romance scammers preying on gullible

Meawhile in Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Pattaya, Phuket etc.

 

Also reports are coming in of many sick buffalo and motorcycle accidents involving father, mother, sister etc in the provinces

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

arrest of eight Ugandans and one Nigerian for not having permission to be in Thailand.

 

A further five people were arrested on overstay

The Immigration Police estimate there are 200,000 people in the Kingdom without visas. Ah but, not all of them are.......oh dear me.

[Thaiwrath]

7 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The gang posed as eligible and good looking foreign men

Probably stole, and used my profile ! 

[Get Real]

7 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said:

Well done only X,00 to go.

 

Meawhile in Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Pattaya, Phuket etc.

 

Also reports are coming in of many sick buffalo and motorcycle accidents involving father, mother, sister etc in the provinces

The Immigration Police estimate there are 200,000 people in the Kingdom without visas. Ah but, not all of them are.......oh dear me.

You could have choosen to just say "Good work", but I guess that was not funny because it didn´t incude any complaining.

[4MyEgo]

Only if they put as much effect as this into policing the roads to reduce the death tolls ?

[klauskunkel]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

cops announced the arrest of seven romance scammers preying on gullible Thai women through social media. One was Nigerian and the rest were Thai.

looks like the Thais have learned all they could from the Nigerians: "Brothers, we'll take it from here, you can go home now."

[Raymonddiaz]

RTP is using less racist words. Well, That's a good thing. Keep up with the good job. Get rid of the bad foreign people who are giving us all bad names..

[mentalcolonization]

The Nigerians are always present in everything. I wonder if they a superior being.

[Mickmouse1]

No arrest of Thai WOMEN  scamming Farangs/marriage for money schemes? Many under different methods and modus operandi?

[Khun Paul]

Good job on the overstayers, interesting most come from the African sub-continent, which begs the question why the police are so lax on them, any WESTERN FARANG is made acutely aware of the problems of overstaying yet these Coloured chaps just ignore everything.

[MaxLee]

And they need to make a trara press conference public relation events for that...... Well where's the popcorn and the crime re-enactment????

Edited December 1, 2017 by MaxLee

[Just Weird]

8 hours ago, Get Real said:

You could have choosen to just say "Good work", but I guess that was not funny because it didn´t incude any complaining.

What he did say wasn't funny, either.

[Just Weird]

3 hours ago, Mickmouse1 said:

No arrest of Thai WOMEN  scamming Farangs/marriage for money schemes? Many under different methods and modus operandi?

They have to be reported first.  So which Thais, and which foreigners, are you referring to, the ones that have not made complaints?

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, Khun Paul said:

Good job on the overstayers, interesting most come from the African sub-continent, which begs the question why the police are so lax on them, any WESTERN FARANG is made acutely aware of the problems of overstaying yet these Coloured chaps just ignore everything.

That's why they are getting arrested!

[digger70]

They finally doing their job ,,,now they want a pat on the back,,, They get paid to do their job.

[Get Real]

5 hours ago, Just Weird said:

What he did say wasn't funny, either.

Is that supposed to act like an excuse?

[wakeupplease]

If Thai police say you are guilty you are guilty, even if you are not within a million meters of the place. So nice not be these days

[Just Weird]

18 hours ago, Get Real said:

Is that supposed to act like an excuse?

What?

[StayinThailand2much]

On 12/1/2017 at 9:11 AM, klauskunkel said:

looks like the Thais have learned all they could from the Nigerians: "Brothers, we'll take it from here, you can go home now."

Soon to be a 'job' reserved for people of Thai nationality?