Pakistani man arrested over forging passports, visa stamps in Bangkok

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1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

Would it be illegal to possess a non-genuine passport (or have one delivered) if it was not actually being used as a real one? 

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The trash should be sent to meet his "maker"...

[juice777]

Would it be illegal to possess a non-genuine passport (or have one delivered) if it was not actually being used as a real one? 

Is that a real question?

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[Srikcir]

2 hours ago, trianglechoke said:

I wonder what religion called Islam inspired him

He'd been producing fake passports in Thailand for 10 years - so there might be a Buddhist influence? LOL

[ttrd]

4 hours ago, ebean001 said:

Folks, we may see forging passports have a not so large penalty but if we can find out who he is making this passports for then. either

 

1. small penalty because he is just trying to get good friends here from a tortuous situation in their country.

2. large penalty because really bad people with really bad intentions were trying to get into Thailand/elsewhere.

3. even the death penalty for a huge terrorist attack being planned 

 

Really surprised that he could hold on for 10 years before being caught as monitored as Thailand seems to be...

 

There are such rats who make the world an insecure place to live in regardless the basic intention of this activity...

 

1 rat down and hopefully on his way to the cage he deserves to be in...;)

[wvavin]

Wow! Singapore passports are available too. Must be a good value buy.

[cookieqw]

5 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

 

Don't the Thai police have persuasive means  of extracting information from suspects?

 

 

 

 

Does that apply to things worn on wrist

[cookieqw]

4 hours ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Been going on for years, all the passports for the 9/11 lot came from a little shop in Lumpini then onto Malaysia...... I believe the guy's still in business.......

Well that’s interesting

[cookieqw]

Just now, cookieqw said:

Well that’s interesting

No chance of him being detained what with all the intel they can get by monitoring him. Surprised it’s public knowledge tho !

[cookieqw]

3 hours ago, Old Croc said:

The Singapore passport is very popular for forgers as it is the second best in the world for visa free access to other countries and holders are generally accepted without close scrutiny.. They do however, have biometric versions and special security features. A forged document wouldn't pass inspection at most modern airports and countries.

I wonder if they would try to use the fake ones just to see how good they are. Seems to me like it would be beneficial 

[watcharacters]

2 hours ago, tryasimight said:

Nana plaza for a suicide bomber.  Practically enclosed on all four sides and three storeys high.  The carnage would horrific in such an environment. 

 

 

 

 

I hope you're not giving the perps any ideas.

[cookieqw]

3 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Bearing in mind that all but one of the terrorists' passports were destroyed, where did you get that gem of information from and how do you know as much about it as you claim?

Waiting for the answer to this. Good post

[cookieqw]

Just now, cookieqw said:

Waiting for the answer to this. Good post

Maybe one of the prolific SAS/Special Forces contingent in Pattaya

[BigC]

Hope he gets death penalty isis style 

[diehard60]

Yep thats right keep letting this trash into the country

[MyFriend You]

5 hours ago, peterb17 said:

I’m mystified- I thought it was not so easy to fake a passport- there are security measures to prevent you just scanning and printing- the paper itself cannot be easy to obtain . Then these days you have the biometric chip. 

Are some passports lacking in these sorts of security measures? 

Or is that immigration simply does not have the time or expertise to check the validity.

At some stage maybe the Kingdom will move on from rubber stamps ? But those whole page sticky visas do rapidly take up your passport pages. 

He's been in Thailand 10 years, with money you can buy anything in Thailand you need..........anything.  If they don't have it, they'll get it for you.

[wavemanwww]

Mohamed , I believe anyone and I mean anyone with the name starting with "Mohamed" should be on the 10 most Suspicious list for starters. Aside from that Allah Akba," = "god is great" but as an ISIS I need to make extra pocket money to pay for more guns and bombs. Makes sense? Of course not!

[SupermarineS6B]

1 hour ago, cookieqw said:

Waiting for the answer to this. Good post

Look up passport gang in Lumpini........ A few years ago...... Big BBC documentary, i think the only lot that twigged it last......

[SupermarineS6B]

12 minutes ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Look up passport gang in Lumpini........ A few years ago...... Big BBC documentary, i think the only lot that twigged it last......

Keep looking, you'll be surprised...... Here's a link to a similar gang....

 

[Grumpy Duck]

8 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

Depends on whether the guy is more frightened by the police or the "recipients." He may or may not be eager to tell the police who his clients were and where they can be found if it would mean a shorter sentence or other penalties for him. Since the police were aware of what he was doing they probably have a good idea of who some of his clients are.

I am certain all police agencies are not releasing what they learned. And we may or may not hear of more related arrests in the future. I am actually surprised they released as much info as they did

[mikosan]

10 hours ago, watcharacters said:

Don't the Thai police have persuasive means  of extracting information from suspects?

 

They sure seem to have, just about everyone confesses and that certainly doesn't happen in the 'real' world.  Wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in one of their 'interrogation rooms', to see for myself how they can be so persuasive.

 

 

 

 

[tonray]

11 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

 

Don't the Thai police have persuasive means  of extracting information from suspects?

 

 

 

 

Yes....they force you to eat Pla ra straight from the bucket.

[SunSeek01]

Good job. Anyone who knows terrorism knows that a big part of it is identities, passports and ID's. Seen plenty of photos of dozens of fake passports around the ME. It's nearly always a part of most organized plans and crime. Also uniforms and vehicles. Not so difficult to do for them and quite difficult to defeat. 

[Just Weird]

20 hours ago, juice777 said:

Is that a real question?

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Sure was.

[StayinThailand2much]

On 1/20/2018 at 11:22 AM, peterb17 said:

I’m mystified- I thought it was not so easy to fake a passport- there are security measures to prevent you just scanning and printing- the paper itself cannot be easy to obtain . Then these days you have the biometric chip. 

Are some passports lacking in these sorts of security measures? 

Looking at the pics, Singaporean passports seem to be popular with forgers; I wonder why. 

[balo]

You should have thought  forging a passport would be almost impossible in 2018 .  Maybe time to start with biometric fingerprint scanning .  

 

[observer90210]

Good job from the police. At last some good use of ressources and manpower for real criminal issues and not used to hassle quality expats on their visa extention formalities.

Edited January 21, 2018 by observer90210

[SupermarineS6B]

On ‎1‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 3:49 PM, cookieqw said:

No chance of him being detained what with all the intel they can get by monitoring him. Surprised it’s public knowledge tho !

It was a big story in its day, i knew the man that went to an Embassy ( I shall not name the pratts) told them what was going on, they thought he was a nutter because obviously they know more than anyone else what's going on (NOT), then all because of someone getting nabbed at the airport with a fake stamp and a couple of East Asian "Tourists" he then grassed up the mob operating the passport, trafficking, stamps, you name it mob....... Not the end of the story, the guy that grassed them up did it to a citizen of the good old USA,( As the previous Embassy wouldn't touch it), who's virginia farm boys jumped all over the place with the result that the boss grassed the whole mob up for a deal, and as i say, he's still in Thailand roaming wild and free....... Are you getting the picture now that you might not know where you're living ?    And this is all true............  100% 

[Italian guy]

Not much more expensive and probably faster than the real stuff from my embassy. Next time, if the guy's still around I migh need his services..  Just saying...