Immigration crackdown sees thousands arrested in northeast Thailand

[rooster59]

Immigration crackdown sees thousands arrested in northeast Thailand

 

Image: Siamrath

 

More than two thousand foreigners and Thais have been arrested as part of a two week crackdown by Immigration Police in Isaan.

 

Pol Maj Gen Natthawat Karndee, who heads Immigration Division 4 in northeast Thailand told reporters on Saturday that his officers had arrested a total of 2,274 people during the crackdown which took place between 1 June - 14 June.

 

Of those arrested 621 were found to have entered Thailand illegally, while 31 were on overstay. 73 were arrested for working illegally, 16 had outstanding warrants and 1,245 for other illegal activity while, 287 had been refused entry.

 

The arrests included 15 Cameroonians who were charged with chopping down protected trees in Korat, an Indian man who stayed in Thailand on a fake passport and four Vietnamese women who were working in a Thai massage shop.

 

Pol Maj Gen Natthawat also said that his men are monitoring criminal gangs from Cameroon and Colombia who are committing crime in Thailand.

 

He said some of the Cameroonian gang members are often armed, while the Colombian gangs are known to commit crimes such as burglary and bag snatches.

 

Separately, a Colombian man who stole 5 million baht of goods in Samut Prakan in May was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport earlier this week. 

 

Also this week, head of the Thai Immigration Bureau - Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang urged anyone who knows of a foreigner involved in illegally activity in Thailand to report the matter by telephone to the Immigration hotline on 1178. 
 

Source: Siamrath

 

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[Vacuum]

8 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

some of the Cameroonian gang members are often armed

All Thai gang members are armed.

[Mitkof Island]

Udon Thani will be a ghost town soon as foreigners flee the girly bars and make a midnight run to Cambodia.

[d2b2]

Two thousand two hundred and seventy four? Where did they put them all?

[smedly]

28 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Thailand to report the matter by telephone to the Immigration hotline on 1178

does this include people involved in getting 12 month extensions by paying a bribe 

[Raymonddiaz]

These bloody foreigners.. They are so bad and thais are so good people. Get rid of them all... 

[Solinvictus]

He is new. He needs to put his foot down from the start.

 

Quite a number that is, 2,274. Would he ever address some of the reasons why/how they are here to his superiors? That may lead to the root of their ability to stay here..Nope he wont, at least that's my guess.

 

But 2,274 sure does look good doesn't it.

 

#Twisted

Edited June 15, 2019 by Solinvictus

[Matzzon]

37 minutes ago, d2b2 said:

Two thousand two hundred and seventy four? Where did they put them all?

You do know they can push about 50 people in a room of 10 sqm?

[NCC1701A]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

and four Vietnamese women who were working in a Thai massage shop.

i miss all the fun

[HighPriority]

I thought Big Joke caught all the evil overstayers ?

[Samuel Smith]

"1,245 for other illegal activity"

 

missing their tm30 report?

[steven100]

This is just disgraceful ....  those pesky farang are giving Thailand a bad name.

[monkeycu]

So its a typical day in Thailand

[RJRS1301]

287 had been refused entry.

If refused entry, how did they get in?????

 

[monkeycu]

1 hour ago, d2b2 said:

Two thousand two hundred and seventy four? Where did they put them all?

Same place all the bike racers go, home to bed

[owl sees all]

19 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

287 had been refused entry.

If refused entry, how did they get in?????

 

Simply swim across the Mekong. Easy peasy.

[balo]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The arrests included 15 Cameroonians who were charged with chopping down protected trees

So why did they do it, what so special with trees ? 

[ThomasThBKK]

8 minutes ago, balo said:

So why did they do it, what so special with trees ? 

old teak is super expensive for example. Most of it is protected from chopping and/or in national parks.

 

These other 8XX with suspected illegal activity...uhm i would really like to know what they made up there.

Edited June 15, 2019 by ThomasThBKK

[Isaanbiker]

The arrests included 15 Cameroonians who were charged with chopping down protected trees in Korat, an Indian man who stayed in Thailand on a fake passport and four Vietnamese women who were working in a Thai massage shop.

 

 If you find 15 Cameroonians in such a big province, there must be hundreds more. Okay, I get it. They couldn't find a teaching position. 

 

The Indian man doesn't seem to be the only Indian on a fake passport.

It seems to be easy to buy a passport in Bombay, or other areas of India.

 

The four ( obviously piss- poor) Vietnamese women took jobs away that are reserved for Thais only. These poor women sent some money back to their families, and that will now stop. Great achievement!!!

 

Wow! Great news, when it's once not about one of us! Also called: " Farang", sometimes even " Baksida", "Kee Nok" Farang, or "Kee Nieau"

 

Not even Thai teachers at schools use the real word for foreigners: Khun ( Mr.) Kru ( teacher) Dangchat ( foreigner) ( Ajarn) ( higher teacher), or just your name, especially when they know you for a couple of years. 

 

 

 

    

 

  

 

 

[Orton Rd]

If the Koreans and Australians arrested all the Thais there working illegally and sent them back it would amount to far more than 2k+

[Los Luver]

I think the immigration is doing good job cleaning the country !!

I believe it's lot to do in BKK...

[CharlieH]

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[RichardColeman]

16 hours ago, rooster59 said:

287 had been refused entry.

Boy, if they start adding 'refused entry' to the statistics then immigration could be on to a good earner

[alant]

amazed that they were not picked up at the 90 day report.

[bristolgeoff]

Asking Thais to grass on a farang.so don,t upset the Thais if u want to stay where are in thailand

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 hours ago, steven100 said:

This is just disgraceful ....  those pesky farang are giving Thailand a bad name.

 

In all likelihood, the vast majority of those arrested won't have been farangs.... but instead will have been Cambodians, Laotians, Vietnamese and Myanmar folks. All the cross border worker folks who periodically get rounded up.

 

[sammieuk1]

 

Also this week, head of the Thai Immigration Bureau - Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang urged anyone who knows of a foreigner involved in illegally activity in Thailand to report the matter by telephone to the Immigration hotline on 1178. 

 

No number to report a Thai as the phone has melted????

[zyphodb]

14 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Simply swim across the Mekong. Easy peasy.

Ha, have you ever seen the Mekong? especially now, in the rainy season...

[fcgprg]

11 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

In all likelihood, the vast majority of those arrested won't have been farangs.... but instead will have been Cambodians, Laotians, Vietnamese and Myanmar folks. All the cross border worker folks who periodically get rounded up.

 

The majority every time are not farang, a very small percentage in every crackdown is farang.

[spidermike007]

Foreigners can be such bad people. They are responsible for so many crimes. The nation has such virtue, the people here possess such a level of purity, honesty, compassion, charity, benevolence, righteousness, and high minded thinking, that they should not, and cannot be exposed to these toxic foreigners.