Tourist police arrested six Indian men for overstaying their visas at a rental house in the Tamot district of Pattalung province in the southern part of Thailand. They also worked illegally in the province as ice cream sellers.

 

The arrest took place today, May 19, following a tip-off from residents. The six foreigners had been residing together in a rental house, with two of them identified as father and son.

 

During the search, authorities discovered Indian passports belonging to each individual, indicating that they had initially entered Thailand with tourist visas. Some of the men had been living in the country since 2020 while others arrived the previous year.

 

According to the police report, the six Indian men had been earning a living by selling ice cream, and their ice cream vending vans were found at their residence.

 

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Not much $ in selling ice cream.

Don't tell me; they had planned to extend their visas with the money from the 'gold jewelry' insurance, but the money never came, so they exchanged expensive Pattaya for the much cheaper Pattalung, where they lived happy ever after (till now), working as ice-cream sellers...

Maybe the start of the ice cream wars (Thai style) similar to Glasgow in the early 80s.

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

Not much $ in selling ice cream.

Wonder, how they could even do this kind of job, unless they were fluent in Thai.

16 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Don't tell me; they had planned to extend their visas with the money from the 'gold jewelry' insurance, but the money never came, so they exchanged expensive Pattaya for the much cheaper Pattalung, where they lived happy ever after (till now), working as ice-cream sellers...

Pattaya is cheaper.

Hope they never get rid the roti sellers in our village. Always nice in the evening sitting outside to have a nice sweet before bed. And, although their Thai is rudimentary, they get by.

11 hours ago, bignok said:

Not much $ in selling ice cream.

Prior to Covid times we had 3 Indians living not far from us up the road.

Rented a property from a neighbour. They lived together, cooked together and every morning went off on Bicycles selling ice-cream.

Im surprised to see they lasted so long in Pattalung cant be many foreigners living there 

Have you seen street Indian ice cream making videos online? Glad these guys are off the market. Few food poisoning. 

13 hours ago, bignok said:

Not much $ in selling ice cream.

Probably just pays peanuts.  

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Im surprised to see they lasted so long in Pattalung cant be many foreigners living there 

With their masks on whenever they go out, probably can pass as Thai.

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The six foreigners had been residing together in a rental house, with two of them identified as father and son.

Ah, just a one bedroom property then.

9 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

 

Ah, just a one bedroom property then.

There was only 6 Indians 

14 hours ago, bignok said:

Not much $ in selling ice cream.

You think so? An ex brother-in-law in the UK sold ice cream from a van, and I went out with him one day. He went to a depot, collected the milk required and then he made around 1000% profit from his ice cream sales. Even more profitable than cafes selling a 2p tea bag for 2.50.

2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

You think so? An ex brother-in-law in the UK sold ice cream from a van, and I went out with him one day. He went to a depot, collected the milk required and then he made around 1000% profit from his ice cream sales. Even more profitable than cafes selling a 2p tea bag for 2.50.

UK? Thai icecreams cost 10 baht. I bought some for 8 baht.

14 hours ago, bignok said:

Not much $ in selling ice cream.

I thought there was hundreds and thousands?

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Im surprised to see they lasted so long in Pattalung cant be many foreigners living there 

Very few. I was there in March. Cool town but very few farangs. Not cheap though. A 650 baht room there wpuld be 450 baht in Pattaya. Food wasn't very good. Nice caves and temples.

 

Lots of donut shops. The locals like donuts.

Perhaps 6 less blocking the Sois. Some Indians walk on the roads like holy cows. They don't care if they block the traffic or not ????????????. 

I suspect they were pulled into a racket where they themselves made very little: fee for the use of the vehicle, not so much of a mark-up from cost of product, and maybe even paid the scoundrels for the privilege of being pulled in to the scam.  Also must pay for accommodation. 

Do some searching on the net, scams like this all over south Asia, and they are sent all over the world.  Poor b_stards.

 

Maybe the Immigration should be looking at the guy who rented them the property ???? 

He must have asked them to show their passports and been aware they were overstayers ????

 

18 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Maybe the Immigration should be looking at the guy who rented them the property ???? 

He must have asked them to show their passports and been aware they were overstayers ????

Spot on.

10 baht ice cream

5 baht cost raw cost

 

Sell 50 a day you make 250 baht, sell a 100 for 500 baht. 

 

17 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Maybe the Immigration should be looking at the guy who rented them the property ???? 

He must have asked them to show their passports and been aware they were overstayers ????

 

Maybe the same guy who rented them the ice cream karts 

The problem here is yes they arrested 6 on overstay so now what will happen to them get banged up in the IDC with no money to get a flight home, I would imagine the Indian government wont give a FF about them,

4 hours ago, sumongkhwai said:

Hope they never get rid the roti sellers in our village. Always nice in the evening sitting outside to have a nice sweet before bed. And, although their Thai is rudimentary, they get by.

Plenty on here whose Thai is far less than rudimentary, non existent in many cases, they also seem get by !

35 minutes ago, shackleton said:

Maybe the Immigration should be looking at the guy who rented them the property ???? 

He must have asked them to show their passports and been aware they were overstayers ????

 

Other than immigration / tourist police  and the TVF "visa compliance brigade" I doubt anybody else gets so worked up about overstayers, not really anyone's business

16 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Wonder, how they could even do this kind of job, unless they were fluent in Thai.

 

I bet the country is full of them overstaying, this is just the tip of the ice cream !!!! 

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Maybe the same guy who rented them the ice cream karts 

The report says they have 'vans'.