Foreigners Rounded Up In Buriram Crackdown

[Guderian]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

four were held for illegal entry and 10 others on online gambling, carrying firearms and narcotics charges.

Sounds like these "foreigners" may have been of the Chinese variety rather than the 'sweating farang' sort.

[AustinRacing]

2 hours ago, BritScot said:

I would disagree. A few days or a week is easily missed however when you get into 3 or 4 figures a different story and they are the ones that should be reported. Using foreigners as a score card is despicable. 

You cannot disagree with law. It is always right at the present time. 

[geisha]

2 hours ago, BritScot said:

I would disagree. A few days or a week is easily missed however when you get into 3 or 4 figures a different story and they are the ones that should be reported. Using foreigners as a score card is despicable. 

Nowhere in the world can you walk into countries  and do as you like !  You do not stay illegally in US, UK or any other countries either without risk of being deported etc.  Why should Thailand be different ?  Get a visa, do border runs, milk the system if you like but don’t consciously break the rules.  There are a lot of people that need to go back to their own countries.  

[foreverlomsak]

5 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

The legality of overstay is crystal clear. 

Quite agree.

My office gives me every year a number of documents that require to be signed and returned when applying for an extension, 1 of which is Overstay Penalties, 2nd being the Financial Requirements for Retirement and 3rd is General Terms & Conditions.

[hotandsticky]

2 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Are you suggesting the Immigration Police as opposed to the BIB are not corrupt?

No.

 

They are just better at it.

[Phulublub]

7 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

Maths guys....maths.

6 foreigners??

But 17 detailed in the article. 

 

Anyway I hope they nabbed any pensionets playing bridge like those " criminals" in Pattaya! 

Comprehension guy, comprehension...

 

Six foreigners were detained for overstaying their visa with two of them being fined, one was arrested for working without a permit, four were held for illegal entry and 10 others on online gambling, carrying firearms and narcotics charges.

 

Six were overstay, of whom two were fined.

One more no work permit

Four more illegal entry

10 others

 

HTH

 

PH

 

 

[Expat68]

2 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

If you use a VPN?

Yes. 

[pp00]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Quite the mixed bag.

I wonder if the employer of the illegal worker without a permit was also tracked down and arrested?

Was probably a restaurant or bar  registered on Thai wife's name and the bad farang owner was caught helping out in his shop... standard situation in Thailand

[hotandsticky]

4 minutes ago, pp00 said:

Was probably a restaurant or bar  registered on Thai wife's name and the bad farang owner was caught helping out in his shop... standard situation in Thailand

A rare event - certainly in Buriram, and the Boonies in general.

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[transam]

4 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

If you had ever had dealings with the immigration police you would not have made that dumb comment.

Immigration is a department of the R.T.P., our lad, who is Boarder Patrol Police, could get a transfer to Immigration if he wanted. ☺️

[hotandsticky]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

Immigration is a department of the R.T.P., our lad, who is Boarder Patrol Police, could get a transfer to Immigration if he wanted. ☺️

 

They may all come under the umbrella of the Royal Thai Police..................but Immigration police are way ahead of the BiB.

[transam]

Just now, hotandsticky said:

 

They may all come under the umbrella of the Royal Thai Police..................but Immigration police are way ahead of the BiB.

Only in the 4 wheels department.........????

[Myran]

7 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

Maths guys....maths.

6 foreigners??

But 17 detailed in the article. 

 

Anyway I hope they nabbed any pensionets playing bridge like those " criminals" in Pattaya! 

Six were on overstay and the rest caught on other crimes.

[transam]

If immigration spent less time fluffing around with A4 paper, and more time on the road, many farangy's here would be having regular bum burps......????

[shackleton]

Good to see Immigration personnel being pro active instead of reactive ????

Keep up the good work arresting the overstayers ????

[markclover]

They said you can pay the fine.  So just overstay all you like and then pay the fine. 

[KannikaP]

5 hours ago, BritScot said:

A few days or a week is easily missed

How & why? You have a date in your passport, so if you cannot comply with that, you deserve all you get.

[Kaopad999]

7 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Good. No excuse for overstaying. 

you're right, there really isn't. I  can understand if it's a day or two from a genune mistake, but knowingly overstaying for months - years is just inexcusable

[oldestswinger]

Well, I'm sure that will prevent and suppress crime over Songkram.

[oldestswinger]

58 minutes ago, transam said:

our lad, who is Boarder Patrol Police

Does he patrol the boarding houses or the boarding schools?

[transam]

13 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

How & why? You have a date in your passport, so if you cannot comply with that, you deserve all you get.

I personally know 2 ageing farangy's that don't know what day it is, they are lucky their wives do..I take care of their paperwork.

 

I suspect there are many whose wives are not so on the ball..

 

Let's not think we are all ageing the same way, eh....????

[transam]

4 minutes ago, oldestswinger said:

Does he patrol the boarding houses or the boarding schools?

????....No, only the borders.....Well spotted...????

[Card]

7 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Good. No excuse for overstaying. 

And how many innocents were checked and made to feel nervous and insecure during those raids, irrespective of whether they were entirely legal, just to satisfy a need for good publicity on the part of the authorities?

[stevenl]

9 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I know many foreigners who gamble online, it's not illegal, if the site is registered outside Thailand.

Some were only fined for overstay?

 

 

 

Is your statement '*it is not illegal if the site is registered outside Thailand ' true?

[Kaopad999]

2 hours ago, geisha said:

Nowhere in the world can you walk into countries  and do as you like !  You do not stay illegally in US, UK or any other countries either without risk of being deported etc.  Why should Thailand be different ?  Get a visa, do border runs, milk the system if you like but don’t consciously break the rules.  There are a lot of people that need to go back to their own countries.  

Bang on the money. I dont some people seem to support people overstaying their visas. 
i'm sure if it were foreignerin overstaying  their own country they'd most likel  be complainng. 

[NanLaew]

6 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

No, Russians do not live in Buriram normally ???? 99% of them live in Pattaya, Phuket, Samui. Some of them live in Bangkok as well.

Are you suggesting that my good mate Sergey isn't normal?

[transam]

9 hours ago, Neeranam said:

I know many foreigners who gamble online, it's not illegal, if the site is registered outside Thailand.

Some were only fined for overstay?

 

 

 

You do, wow, after many years here I can't recall one...

 

I guess you are in a gambling syndicate, eh....

[Kaopad999]

4 hours ago, dogfish180 said:

Take a walk along Sukhumvit road near Nana. A lot of West African chaps selling things that are not exactly legal. Wonder if they have work permits? Or visas!! Or would that be to easy for immigration? ????

They most likely have work permits as selling drugs does not come under restricted jobs for foreigners in Thailand .

[Pink Mist]

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