Marine Department official allegedly smuggled Chinese nationals into Thailand

[webfact]

Ban Saeo Police Station, where the suspects were brought, photo by Emergency Thailand.

 

by Mitch Connor

A Marine Department official allegedly smuggled eight Chinese nationals into Thailand. Police arrested the official in Chiang Rai last night.

 

A joint patrol led by the Deputy Chief of Chiang Saen Police Station, Kittiphum Kanjini, and Sub-Lt Vathit Thampradit of the navy’s Mekong Riverine Unit, discovered a suspicious vehicle near the Ban Sob Kok community in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Saen district last night.

The team approached the vehicle, a Toyota Fortuner, and found Korakot Chankaew, a 36 year old official working within the IT division of the Marine Department.

 

The car also carried eight male Chinese individuals between 21 and 33 years old, who allegedly did not possess identification documents such as passports or ID cards. In addition to this, a licensed 9 milimetre Sig Sauer pistol, two magazines, and seven bullets were discovered inside a tote bag resting on the passenger seat, according to Deputy Chief Kittiphum.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/marine-department-official-arrested-for-smuggling-chinese-nationals-into-thailand

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The team approached the vehicle, a Toyota Fortuner, and found Korakot Chankaew, a 36 year old official working within the IT division of the Marine Department.

He's toast.

[TheFishman1]

Not necessarily toast if he has the money to buy his way out of it is not how things work here, TIT

[jvs]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

He's toast.

Inactive duty for him,he is lucky he did not touch a Pipe fish

[RichardColeman]

These chinese must be either a. very poor and entering to work - or b. wanted criminals/mafia - I mean its not like Chinese are banned from entering the country - we are led to believe there's millions coming

[AustinRacing]

He will be sleeping with the fishes. His superiors will not be happy about the publicity.