13 supercars, and much more discovered at 2-acre luxury home of wanted policeman “Chief Joe”

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

An investigative team of the Royal Thai Police arrived at Superintendent (Police Chief) Thitisan “Chief Joe” Uttanaphon’s luxury residence in Bangkok today, August 24th, to track down the house owner following the issue of an arrest warrant by Nakhon Sawan Provincial Court this morning.

 

The officials began searching the house at Panya Intra 1 Village in Khlong Sam Wa district for possible leads and the location of Police Colonel Thitisan Uttanaphon, superintendent of Mueng Nakhon Sawan Police Station, who was wanted by the Nakhon Sawan officials following a crime of allegedly suffocating a drug suspect to death which was caught on video and released to the internet that went viral yesterday, August 24th, 2021.

 

 

Upon the observation, the house, approximately about 5 rais or nearly 2 acres, was facilitated with a large football field and a large swimming pool. A number of 13 luxurious cars and supercars were also found at the place, totaling worth more than 100 million baht in value. This included a Ferrari and a Lamborghini. According to investigative teams, this appeared to be highly unusual for someone on a police officer’s salary to have.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/25/13-supercars-and-much-more-discovered-at-2-acre-luxury-home-of-wanted-policeman-chief-joe/

 

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[RotBenz8888]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

highly unusual for someone on a police officer’s salary to have

Shock horror! Who would've expected this in Thailand???? 

[trainman34014]

Not particularly unusual for a high ranking Copper in Thailand; especially ones involved in the drugs business !

[internationalism]

this property and those cars can be seen on googlemaps and even on satelite images, but because it was clean money nobody ever questioned how an officer on max 80k per month can have this house and that many cars.

Actually, there were all together 29 cars at his garage. 

I would think he has many houses and many more cars. Land papers. Bank accounts. Secret safes and walk-in vaults. 

In his name.

In name of his parents, siblings, cousins, girlfriends.

But not as much, as his superior in chain of command

Edited August 25, 2021 by internationalism

[sniggie]

Someone's been 'knocking the <deleted> out of it' to use a phrase beloved by my penultimate boss, himself an ex-copper. Reminds me of that scene in one of the Superman films when Richard Pryor drives a Ferrari into the car park at an inopportune moment. Some modicum of discretion might have been appropriate. 

[guzzi850m2]

Lets hope this stir up a lot of <deleted>.

 

Another nail in the coffin for the general.

 

In any developed country, police colonels are middle income people with a middle sized house/standard car ect. 

 

Hundreds of kilo (if not tons) of drugs have ended on the streets because of him, so the death penalty seems suitable when they catch him.

 

 

[cclub75]

2 minutes ago, guzzi850m2 said:

Hundreds of kilo (if not tons) of drugs have ended on the streets because of him, so the death penalty seems suitable when they catch him.

What is fascinating is.... the total impunity.

 

Those guys don't even try to hide (their insane "assets").

 

It's on public display...

 

And what is even more fascinating is the "never enough" attitude.

 

1 or 2 cars... that would be fine... No... 29 is better. ????

 

All this demonstrates (again, but visually) the sheer magnitude of corruption in the country...

[ThailandRyan]

Were these the same guys who found and then did not find all of that Fentynal....just asking for my friends dog

[darksidedog]

29 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

According to investigative teams, this appeared to be highly unusual for someone on a police officer’s salary to have.

I recall living some years back in a village where the biggest house, worth about 8 million at the time with a brand new E series Mercedes on the drive had  a sign saying Police Lt. Col etc at the front. It just advertised that he was a crook as he could NEVER afford any of it on his salary.

It was around the same time I saw a story the UN had designated the Thai police as the most organised criminal gang on the planet.

Nothing has changed. You might find the occasional cop who is diligent in his duty, but the majority are the nastiest criminals in the country.

One of the funniest hypocrisies ever, was listening to a cop bawl at the monkey house inmates about being honest and being a good person, then nailing me for 500 baht, just seconds later to be able to visit an inmate, when it was supposed to be free.

Bigger problem than the government in terms of wrongness really.

[david555]

19 minutes ago, internationalism said:

this property and those cars can be seen on googlemaps and even on satelite images, but because it was clean money nobody ever questioned how an officer on max 80k per month can have this house and that many cars.

Actually, there were all together 29 cars at his garage. 

I would think he has many houses and many more cars. Land papers. Bank accounts. Secret safes and walk-in vaults. 

In his name.

In name of his parents, siblings, cousins, girlfriends.

But not as much, as his superior in chain of command

Nothing wrong in it ..... as already used excuse : "they all married rich wives probably " ..... not only police people  is that lucky ...others uniformed ones  too  

[Gold Star]

There must be many others involved, like a ponzi scheme where each of those lower down gets a cut.

No way one could amass riches like this by himself without others being complicit or aware of such shakedowns.

His future is now the poster boy of Police corruption. 

 

 

[Shuya]

Did he borrow the cars from a friend?

[RAZZELL]

I'm sure some/most of this is ill gotten gains.

 

But in the Thai media it said he was previously married to a wealthy car dealer who sold exotic cars?

 

As we know rich Thais only marry other rich Thais so perhaps he comes from money?

 

Also, these "promotions" in the RTP cost a fair few quid!

 

 

 

[mbenson]

It must be quite easy to run afoul of the law in Nakhon Sawan.

[tracker1]

Being a Colonel is nothing fantastic I am surprised he wasn't up there with some well known Generals probably not enough wealth !

[worgeordie]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

According to investigative teams, this appeared to be highly unusual for someone on a police officer’s salary to have.

 

Not really , they should check into the lives and properties of those in the Police ,

Armed forces, Government officials , MP's , and see what is been hidden ..in  plain

sight , they don't even hide the wealth and properties they own, but could never

explain where the money came from to purchase all the cars, property, and money

in bank accounts. one thing for sure the tax man needs to wake up ,,,,,

regards worgeordie

[dinsdale]

Corrupt top to bottom. All Thais are aware of this. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Yet again Thailand is exposed for what it really is.

 

Very ugly.

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

nailing me for 500 baht, just seconds later to be able to visit an inmate, when it was supposed to be free.

Isn't every government official like this in Thailand? Heck, anyone who is in a position to extract a bribe?

[herfiehandbag]

They just can't help themselves can they?

[AwwYesNice1]

Be great if a committee was formed to investigate the upper echelon of the RTP and the sources of their vast wealth and holdings.

 

 

[MGM16]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

This included a Ferrari and a Lamborghini. According to investigative teams, this appeared to be highly unusual for someone on a police officer’s salary to have.

The investigators might want to look into the Ferrari & Lamborghini owners clubs.......

[DTL2014]

This can't have gone unnoticed by his superiors, and it's doubtful he acted alone..

[Artisi]

Nothing unusual, just another day in Thailand. 

[rbkk]

Time for some banners and pointy sticks. Yes, lot's of pointy sticks.........Joke.................Big Joke......

[Mickeymaus]

Now the poor officers checking his house can see what you can achieve as police officer if you do your job accordingly. 

[tracker1]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

Not really , they should check into the lives and properties of those in the Police ,

Armed forces, Government officials , MP's , and see what is been hidden ..in  plain

sight , they don't even hide the wealth and properties they own, but could never

explain where the money came from to purchase all the cars, property, and money

in bank accounts. one thing for sure the tax man needs to wake up ,,,,,

regards worgeordie

I was going to say something similar I have visited a few retired Police Officers they must be so good at saving their income when you see what they have !

[pomchop]

Maybe he also got on the Red Bull free $$ train along with untold others in Thailand.  Just cover up that a rich brat on coke killed a fellow cop and got away clean as a whistle after daddy paid them off?

[Neeranam]

Recently, I turned down a job offer from an Assistant Commissioner in the RTP.  

No senior policeman gets there by being an honest, upstanding citizen. As a friend said about the guy, he's actually a nice cop -  he gets other people do do the 'whacking'. I use this word, as the similarities to the mob are uncanny. 

Another reason was that the job offered no money; the payment was to be in 'protection'.

I think most foreigners don't know the half of what goes on in the force, and actually I have often heard them boasting about some member of the extended family being a copper. 

 

 

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, internationalism said:

this property and those cars can be seen on googlemaps and even on satelite images, but because it was clean money nobody ever questioned how an officer on max 80k per month can have this house and that many cars.

Actually, there were all together 29 cars at his garage. 

I would think he has many houses and many more cars. Land papers. Bank accounts. Secret safes and walk-in vaults. 

In his name.

In name of his parents, siblings, cousins, girlfriends.

But not as much, as his superior in chain of command

Also safe mansions in Laos, which are owned by senior government officials.