New Zealand biker arrested in Thailand for running drugs racket - he opened businesses in Phuket with Thai wife

[Tropposurfer]

Violent parasites the lot of em' Hope he get a few decades behind bars.

[Rhys]

You mean Uncle A did not advise him to open a weed shop?

[Lemsta69]

3 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

Being a bikie I kind of disagree. But he should be deported for those tattoos. 

 

Rooster

because they're bad tatts or because you just don't like tatts? I got over my 'hatred' of tatts a while ago and now I only complain if I see a dumb design.

 

ps. "bikie" is an Aussie term for a patched one-percenter, you really want those guys running around in Thailand? 

[Bobydog]

4 hours ago, Jackbenimble said:

A serious rap sheet upon entry to The Land of Smiles didn't seem to hinder his progress through passport control. Be interesting to know if he entered as a tourist or on a Non-B and why his criminal record didn't trigger any alarm bells. 

One has to take into account that it is people like this character that provide off the books income for others MMMmmmm

[stoner]

this one is as stupid as they come. 

 

you could literally deal weed on the same island out of your wives legal store. 

you in the wrong drug business dumb dumb. 

[Liverpool Lou]

10 hours ago, lujanit said:

Funny how Thais arrest farang and not Thais involved in importation and selling of drugs. 

This man was arrested because he was wanted by the FBI, nothing to do with "only foreigners being arrested".   What makes you think, anyway, that Thais don't get arrested and jailed for importing and selling drugs?  Got anything rational to support that claim?

[gomangosteen]

12 minutes ago, stoner said:

this one is as stupid as they come. 

 

you could literally deal weed on the same island out of your wives legal store. 

you in the wrong drug business dumb dumb. 

Stupid? He's well out of the braindead weed class.

 

Already on his way to USA "quickly handed over to US authorities and deported from Thailand to face racketeering charges in the United States in short order." according to this report 

 

Shane Ngakuru is the cousin of the worldwide leader of the motorcycle criminal gang The Comancheros which is active in organising huge drug shipments throughout the world. It is understood that Mr Ngakuru, who entered Thailand in 2020, is what is termed by international police agencies as a ‘super facilitator’ involved in negotiating huge shipments of illegal narcotics particularly methamphetamine for the crime syndicate led by Duax Hohepa Ngakuru who is known as the ‘international commander’ of the ruthless and violent drug syndicate and who is believed to have his headquarters in Turkey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

8 hours ago, gomangosteen said:

New Zealand does not have an extradition treaty with Thailand, seems unlikely they'll need to deport him as USA / FBI get him first, and a Thai news source claims he has already been handed over to the FBI:

 

"The FBI considers Shane Ngakuru a "fugitive". If arrested and convicted in the United States he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment."

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Probably do a long stretch in a Thai prison first?!

No.  He was arrested because he is wanted by the FBI.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, Clarkey611 said:

Now wouldn't it be wonderful for the Thai Police if some overseas forces could help with the capture of a Police Killer on the run?

Which "on the run Police Killer [sic]" are you, perhaps, referring to?    The one who is only wanted in Thailand, nowhere else, to face charges relating to a traffic offence?  No overseas police forces have any jurisdiction here.

[CANSIAM]

Doesn't look like chubby could manage 2 burpees, in for a rough time in prison state side possibly...... 

[mjakob007]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

his latest visit around 2020 but was now on overstay

need more BMWs to get all these erring farangs

[stoner]

38 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

Stupid? He's well out of the braindead weed class.

yes clearly a genius getting caught on an overstay. 

[Lemsta69]

26 minutes ago, CANSIAM said:

Doesn't look like chubby could manage 2 burpees, in for a rough time in prison state side possibly...... 

his cuz is the big boss of the Comancheros apparently (see above post by @gomangosteen) so I reckon he'll be ok.  

[gomangosteen]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

yes clearly a genius getting caught on an overstay. 

Comprehension problems? 

He wasn't caught on overstay, the least of his problems.

Try following the links.

FBI.

[Lacessit]

10 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Where on Earth did you ever get that idea?  Thais are arrested all the time for drug trafficking.

Really. IIRC, there's a convicted drug felon who is a Thai government minister.

[Lacessit]

5 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

Being a bikie I kind of disagree. But he should be deported for those tattoos. 

 

Rooster

 

5 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

Being a bikie I kind of disagree. But he should be deported for those tattoos. 

 

Rooster

On that basis, there would be a fair few Thai men and women going into exile.

[stoner]

30 minutes ago, gomangosteen said:

Comprehension problems? 

He wasn't caught on overstay, the least of his problems.

Try following the links.

FBI.

the warrant is over a year old. i'm sure his overstay status had nothing to do with it. 

 

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

6 hours ago, Jackbenimble said:

A serious rap sheet upon entry to The Land of Smiles didn't seem to hinder his progress through passport control. Be interesting to know if he entered as a tourist or on a Non-B and why his criminal record didn't trigger any alarm bells. 

Thai Police don't have access to other countries criminal record databases.

[moe666]

14 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

"Good guys in, bad guys out."

 

"Really bad guys in".

 

The sheer volume of international criminals in Thailand at any moment is staggering.

 

I'd mark it down to incompetence, but even Thais couldn't be that incompetent. It's corruption.

 

 

Do youhave the actual numbers or any other proof

[drgoon]

16 hours ago, gomangosteen said:

The NZ news version - full item at link:

 

Comancheros member wanted in global drug sting arrested in Thailand
Oct 19 2022

 

The cousin of a Comancheros boss who has evaded police for a number of years has been arrested in Thailand on drugs charges.

 

Shane Elwood Ngakuru has been named as a co-defendant of a number of people facing charges in New Zealand.

 

Detective Inspector Paul Newman confirmed Ngakuru, who is also a Comancheros member, had been arrested in Thailand following a joint operation involving the FBI and Thai Police.

 

 

Thank goodness someone posts facts rather than the usual speculative drivel.

 

Unfortunately, this <deleted> will be out of prison in a relatively short time. I am speculating of course.  This far left Socialist Government in NZ is soft on crims, way too soft.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

just being a bikie is sufficient grounds for immediate deportation.  send him back to NZ and let them seem with him. ABAB.

Already too many such in NZ. The Thais should keep him where he'll get a punishment more fitting than easy street in NZ.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, drgoon said:

Thank goodness someone posts facts rather than the usual speculative drivel.

 

Unfortunately, this <deleted> will be out of prison in a relatively short time. I am speculating of course.  This far left Socialist Government in NZ is soft on crims, way too soft.

 

Correct. Heard on radio yesterday that the minister in charge of such doesn't want to put crims in jail anymore.

[Trip Hop]

19 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

just being a bikie is sufficient grounds for immediate deportation.  send him back to NZ and let them seem with him. ABAB.

???? I’m not defending this guy but I can tell you now that I know 10x the amount of criminals that are not 1%, than those who are! So going by your rhetoric, shouldn’t you be kicking yourself of the country? 

[Lucky Bones]

New Zealand biker.

Immediately sounds credible.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Lucky Bones said:

New Zealand biker.

Immediately sounds credible.

 

Plenty of them and very bad guys.

[Lucky Bones]

19 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Plenty of them and very bad guys.

Oh. I thought it was a pushbike. My bad.

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, marcusb said:

Pffft must be fake news. How could he be on a 2 year overstay?  I thought 90 day reports insured good guys in bad guys out.  

Only good guys do the 90 day report... the bad guys don't bother hence they disappear from the radar... which proves how nonsensical it is.

[seedy]

18 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Ban all these muppets that wear gang colours. 

Australia did the right thing banning the colours. 

So ... Guilty until proven innocent is the way to go ?

 

[VillageIdiot]

4 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

New Zealand biker.

Immediately sounds credible.

 

 

3 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

Oh. I thought it was a pushbike. My bad.

The term "biker" goes back to the founding of the Hells Angels in the late '40s, and the big hit movie The Wild One starring Marlon Brando in 1953.

Where the Aussies got the name "bikie" from, I don't know.

 

[mstevens]

18 hours ago, Jackbenimble said:

A serious rap sheet upon entry to The Land of Smiles didn't seem to hinder his progress through passport control. Be interesting to know if he entered as a tourist or on a Non-B and why his criminal record didn't trigger any alarm bells. 

His criminal record did not trigger any alarms as Thailand does not have the ability to check criminal records in New Zealand (or other countries) when someone enters Thailand. This is why there are so many foreigners with a questionable background in Thailand - there is no requirement to show a clean criminal record when entering the country or even when applying for a long-stay visa.