1st post? And a retarded one.

6 hours ago, JohnnyBKK said:

Nowhere in his story he said that the immigration asked to see cash but at the end he talks about wanting to go to the ATM.

 

I think the story goes like this : IO asks if they have 20K THB, they say no, instant deportation.

It wasn't just instant deportation without asking anything.

 

I got the same treatment, they asked me for 20K THB, I had 7K THB in cash and tons of credit cards, he said only cash allowed, instantly deported.

didnt you have any foreign currency such as dollars,  euros, sterling etc?  A wise traveller always travels with some cash

8 hours ago, overherebc said:

Ready to grab somebody.

Doesn't that convey a sense of pre-knowledge about someone who is not a welcome guest?

Well yes, but I expect they get some advanced passenger data. I have certainly seen people get on a plane in London but passengers were held up as they came aboard and got someone off, knew which seat. Perhaps Thailand likes to do it at the end of the jetway.

Edited August 23, 20196 yr by jacko45k

21 hours ago, Pilotman said:

What a tall story, good laugh though. People don't get stopped on an air bridge by Police for any reason, never mind no reason.   Try again.  

I believe it is a tall story. However, I have seen the immigration police nab passengers on a wanted list after notification from the country of embarkation quite often in the 100s of arrivals I have made. You may recall the fairly recent arrest of middle eastern girls trying to escape their families, who were also intercepted at the air bridge and held in custody. I have also been intercepted at the bridge and given an immigration police escort, not just in a Thai Airport. They often give V.I.P.s a special escort, not just wanted criminals.

22 hours ago, Pilotman said:

It could not happen as reported.  if it was a bust, the Police inevitably tell the pax to stay in their seats until the suspects are taken off, that is for their own security. You can't arrest people on an airbridge when 200 + other people are trying to get off and into the terminal.  If it was a routine Immigration issue, it would have been picked up at the immigration point. The report, if that's what it is, makes no sense at all. 

It well could have happened. Most likely the Thai immigration got a warning from their departure airport or the airplane staff to check them. Happened the same to me years ago arriving back from Paris to London on Eurostar. 4 cops waiting for me at the exit for no reason. After a thorough questioning and passport check they apologized and let me go. In my case the French suspected that I had a fake passport(it was an old one without biometrics) but instead of checking properly they let the Brits deal with me. Of course it was a genuine passport.

4 minutes ago, Bigz said:

It well could have happened. Most likely the Thai immigration got a warning from their departure airport or the airplane staff to check them. Happened the same to me years ago arriving back from Paris to London on Eurostar. 4 cops waiting for me at the exit for no reason. After a thorough questioning and passport check they apologized and let me go. In my case the French suspected that I had a fake passport(it was an old one without biometrics) but instead of checking properly they let the Brits deal with me. Of course it was a genuine passport.

I am not disputing that the IOs could have stopped these people at some point in the process of disembarkation, just that it would not happen on the airbridge itself, which is what was reported by the OP. The police could have been stationed at the exit from the airbridge, but the rest of the story still doesn't really add up.     

OP must have gotten mixed up and really was at Sydney Airport. 55555

23 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Not on the airbridge it isn't. 

It's been the usual M.O. (modus operandi) for German Border Police at FRA airport. Arriving on THAI or VIETNAM Airways from SE Asia, they intercept all passengers some 15 m from the plane's doors.

 

Why not in Thailand?

 

I'm not into trolling, so can someone explain why anyone would make up such a story? There has been a marked change in attitude towards foreigners who come often and stay longer than a week or two.

OP... What color are you? 

1 hour ago, onlycw said:

I'm not into trolling, so can someone explain why anyone would make up such a story?

There's many reasons, but every time I tried to point out the possible scenarios, my posts got deleted, so we'll leave it at that.