Pick-pocket gang used fake passports to steal in Thailand, sell items in Vietnam: police

[webfact]

Pick-pocket gang used fake passports to steal in Thailand, sell items in Vietnam: police

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Many of the 17 suspects of a Vietnamese pick-pocket gang arrested last week in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district were carrying counterfeit passports and using fake names and had stayed in Thailand for 30 years, and another three were found to have overstayed their visas, the Tourist Police Bureau told a press conference on Friday.

 

Police will contact the Anti-Money Laundering Office to trace the gang's transactions, and also contact their Vietnamese counterparts to prosecute the suspects for selling stolen items, said Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakparn, deputy chief of the Tourist Police Bureau

Surachate was reporting on progress in the case involving the arrest last week of suspected gang leader Nguyen Thi Hei, 52, and another female gang member age 34, and the subsequent round-up of 15 Vietnamese nationals at a Din Daeng flat who are accused of being linked to the two female suspects.

 

He said the gang members were apparently well-trained in stealing from people in a crowd. They would steal around Bt10,000 worth of other people’s valuables and then bring them home to sell in their home country.

 

Some gang members had been previously arrested and deported, but had changed their names and passports before re-entering Thailand to continue their crime spree, he said.

 

Surachate endorsed plans by the Immigration Police Bureau to install biometric identification systems at all entry points to Thailand. The systems could include fingerprinting, iris scanning and facial recognition and would be a big help for preventing these kinds of crimes, he said.

 

He added that the Thai owner of the Din Daeng flat where the Vietnamese people were found would be charged for failing to report within 24 hours the presence of foreigners staying at the premises, as is required under Immigration Bureau regulations.

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-06-15

[bluesofa]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Surachate endorsed plans by the Immigration Police Bureau to install biometric identification systems at all entry points to Thailand. The systems could include fingerprinting, iris scanning and facial recognition and would be a big help for preventing these kinds of crimes, he said. 

 

I see the waffle dream from four months ago has been forgotten already. Then it was would, now today it's could. The topic below states:

"As part of the new system, the Immigration Bureau will cancel the use of the Immigration 6 form and instead use e-passport data, Kongcheep said.

He said each immigration checkpoint would be equipped with identity-checking equipment, such as fingerprint readers and passport scanners, to enter information into the database."

 

I must just be too pedantic. Only two months left before it's buried up and running.

 

 

[bristolgeoff]

fake passports and stayed for 30 yrs in thailand and they find out now.very strange.the cover must have being very good to fool them all that time

[sammieuk1]

BJ's big finger points out the crim in another cringe worthy photo opp surely now time for him to start his 1000 year quest of corruption cleansing in government.  

[Khun Paul]

Am,azing , judging how EVERY year I have go through hoops to stay another year, here we hav e people staying here for 30 years and all their ID is fake. JUST what is the ROYA:LTHAI POLICE   IMMIGRATION , doing thyey can find a Forfeigner after only a few weeks/ months, yet tghey cannot find others for years. Very suspicious if you think about it . 

[chuang]

It's better to get a fake ID to stay for 30 years than Q..ing at unholy hours at immigration just to get an extension..

[darksidedog]

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[zaZa9]

"He added that the Thai owner of the Din Daeng flat where the Vietnamese people were found would be charged for failing to report within 24 hours the presence of foreigners staying at the premises, as is required under Immigration Bureau regulations."

 

If these Viets have been flying in and out of Thailand without doing a new Notification of Address on arrival back here within  the proscribed 24 hours they are in for a big fine as well ! 555

[Darcula]

On 6/15/2018 at 7:07 AM, webfact said:

install biometric identification systems at all entry points to Thailand

 

The idea floated by a previous tourism minister to tie a toshiba toaster around the ankle of every foreigner was much more interesting.

 

 

 

 

[bluesofa]

14 minutes ago, Darcula said:

 

The idea floated by a previous tourism minister to tie a toshiba toaster around the ankle of every foreigner was much more interesting.

 

That was a more burning issue.

Forget ankle bracelet tracking with GPS. The new technology is mobile toaster tracking with wholemeal bread.

 

[Vacuum]

5 hours ago, chuang said:

It's better to get a fake ID to stay for 30 years than Q..ing at unholy hours at immigration just to get an extension..

Get your point, but this was in Bangkok....

[Wake Up]

One day I am going to read a post that is happy the police did their job and says so without the added slap at Thailand and Thais and how expats are treated so poorly or discriminated against daily. I know it will come one day.

 

Poorly treated people and discriminated people with financial means to move on wisely move on. Poorly treated people who do not have the means to move on develop a superiority complex and daily shout easy fixes for every conceived problem or issue on TFV.  Peace.