Nigerian on nine year overstay is "ice" smuggler to Japan

[rooster59]

Nigerian on nine year overstay is "ice" smuggler to Japan

 

Image: INN

 

Thailand chief of immigration appeared at his Suan Phlu HQ flanked by officers in "hazmat" suits and heavily armed commandos to announce the arrest of a Nigerian man charged with smuggling methamphetamine from Thailand to Japan.

 

Fedderlix or Gamara, 45, was arrested in Suan Luang in Bangkok after being named in a warrant that included conspiracy.

 

Back in November Uchenna, a Nigerian and a Thai woman called Praphaporn were arrested with 520 grams of ice at a hotel in Sukhumvit Road in Bang Na.

 

They were about to take the drugs to Japan.

 

This led to the ringleader who went by the name of "Fidelis" in his passport.

 

This showed he had entered Thailand in November 2010 on a tourist visa and had been permitted to stay until January 2011.

 

Overstaying has been added to his rap sheet.

 

Source: INN

 

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[Greyhat]

I don't know how an African fella could have evaded suspicion by police and locals for 9 years. Perhaps he never left home.

[Phuketshrew]

Brown envelopes? So much for social distancing - i'd wager the masks came off as soon as the photo op finished. Is he the fella at the back standing between the two whities?

[thequietman]

5 minutes ago, Greyhat said:

I don't know how an African fella could have evaded suspicion by police and locals for 9 years. Perhaps he never left home.

Really! You can't think of any reason why the cops were never able to 'find' him? Really!  ????

[marin]

So he managed to go in and out of Thailand smuggling ice to Japan with a 9 year old visa. More telling of how poor Thai Immigration officers are than anything else..

[smedly]

That photo looks more something the taliban would release

[phetphet]

What's with the back row? Two in Hazmat, and the rest ready to shoot someone.

[lust]

3 minutes ago, phetphet said:

What's with the back row? Two in Hazmat, and the rest ready to shoot someone.

Buddy is holding up his temperature gun trying to look hard, lol.

[ezzra]

Let's just say and in a very mild and sheepish way that most, if not all, Nigerians and other african nations that are staying in this country don't have a good reputations of being a law abiding visitors/stayers... 

[rkidlad]

Guys in the hazmat suits, can the hospitals have them back, please? We're in the middle of a pandemic and they're very important for protecting healthcare workers. Now's not the time for this "look at me"  nonsense. 

[Denim]

These immigration photo shoots are getting heavier by the day.

 

Next week there will be two tastefully arranged Bren guns at 45 degree angles either end of the table plus a kiddies paddling pool with an armed frogman in front of the table.

 

The backdrop photo will be of a row of tanks.

[hoxman]

25 minutes ago, marin said:

So he managed to go in and out of Thailand smuggling ice to Japan with a 9 year old visa. More telling of how poor Thai Immigration officers are than anything else..

If  you read the article he was the ring leader and one of his runners was arrested and led the police back to the ring leader.

 

[Thechook]

What's with the guys in white and black

[madmitch]

Do you really need 12 people for a press conference in the current climate?

 

I'll answer that: NO!

 

Egocentric idiots!

[bangkokbonecollector]

The guy who he was obviously paying off died, got transferred or had had enough of late payments. 

[soalbundy]

13 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Let's just say and in a very mild and sheepish way that most, if not all, Nigerians and other african nations that are staying in this country don't have a good reputations of being a law abiding visitors/stayers... 

but they send nice emails

[Yadon Toploy]

If there's ever a photo that highlights the Thai male insecurity it's this one. 

 

Black fella probably scared them half to death when he dropped his strides. 

[sweatalot]

That foto is absolutely ridiculous. Never saw that kind of press conference in a civilized country

[colinneil]

Hello you bunch of dipsticks, there is a pandemic going on, and all you lot can do is pose for pathetic photos.

This is being done by the head honcho of immigration, pathetic bloody pathetic.

People are wondering why immigration officers are making silly decisions, well just look at their boss, more interested in getting a photo op, than thinking about social distancing.

[tonray]

53 minutes ago, smedly said:

That photo looks more something the taliban would release

But without the sawing off heads

[Misterwhisper]

 

Who are those snow white commandos in the pic? The anti-ice smuggler squad?

[Yadon Toploy]

19 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Hello you bunch of dipsticks, there is a pandemic going on, and all you lot can do is pose for pathetic photos.

This is being done by the head honcho of immigration, pathetic bloody pathetic.

People are wondering why immigration officers are making silly decisions, well just look at their boss, more interested in getting a photo op, than thinking about social distancing.

It's typical of Thai management at all levels in nearly every organisation in the country. 

 

They really don't have a clue what they are meant to be doing and are completely unable to think out the box. 

 

Thus, ridiculous decisions and idiotic platitudes to the owners are the order of the day. 

Edited March 28, 2020 by Yadon Toploy

[Chazar]

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

flanked by officers in "hazmat" suits and heavily armed commandos

????????

[Chazar]

8 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

 

Who are those snow white commandos in the pic? The anti-ice smuggler squad?

nah its  the "look  how serious we are " brigade

[Chazar]

17 minutes ago, tonray said:

But without the sawing off heads

may as  well do because they aint 1  metre  apart and realistically it should be TWO  but  no ones told em that yet

[Chazar]

43 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

but they send nice emails

blessings

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, Greyhat said:

I don't know how an African fella could have evaded suspicion by police and locals for 9 years. Perhaps he never left home.

during all this time they didn't have the smart BMW's... 555

[Phuketshrew]

Tomorrows news: Senior Immigration officers contract COVID-19 ....

[Chazar]

48 minutes ago, Thechook said:

What's with the guys in white and black

its the Black and White  minstrels show................obviously

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, marin said:

So he managed to go in and out of Thailand smuggling ice to Japan with a 9 year old visa. More telling of how poor Thai Immigration officers are than anything else..

No he didn't manage to do that, read the OP properly.  Fidelis, the one with the 9-year overstay, (or "Fedderlix or Gamara"), was not the one doing the traveling, the OP very clearly states that he was the ringleader that the traffickers led the police to.

 

Your comment is much more telling about the ability of comprehension of some members than it is of "how poor Thai Immigration officers are".