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Down undercover: Aussie fugitive caught in Phuket hideaway over drug charge

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Police arrested an Aussie man at a luxury accommodation in Phuket on August 10 after the foreigner fled a drug charge from his homeland to hide in Thailand.

 

Phuket Provincial Immigration Police today held a press conference to report the successful arrest of the Australian, Robert Wainwright. The arrest was made on Thursday, August 10 near a luxury pool villa in the Rawai sub-district, Meaung district, Phuket province.

 

Officers reported that the Australian authorities had recently executed Operation LESALAN, an investigative initiative aimed at the detection and apprehension of suspects in drug and firearm trafficking. However, some of the suspects, including Wainwright, managed to evade arrest.

 

After conducting a further investigation into runaway suspects, the Australian authorities discovered Wainwright was hiding in Thailand. Wainwright reportedly entered Thailand on a student visa.

 

To hide from the police, Wainwright avoided doing any financial transactions and let his Australian girlfriend do it for him. He also kept changing his accommodation to make it harder to track him down. Fortunately, eagle-eyed Thai police managed to trace him in the end.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Kom Chad Luek

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/down-undercover-aussie-fugitive-caught-in-phuket-hideaway-over-drug-charge

 

--Thaiger 2023-08-16

 

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Taking a recent line of Hillary's:

" LOCK HIM UP, LOCK HIM UP, LOCK HIM UP !! "

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Excellent work by the 'Eagle eyed' boys in brown.????

The light wont be shining on that forehead for a while .. and boiled eggs for breakfast reminder for me today ???? 

What an obsession for these criminals to come and hide in Thailand.

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Damned Aussies!

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

To hide from the police, Wainwright avoided doing any financial transactions and let his Australian girlfriend do it for him.

Guess the buffalo is going to get sick again shortly after his deportation. Hopefully she'll get bunged in the clink for assisting him

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

After conducting a further investigation into runaway suspects, the Australian authorities discovered Wainwright was hiding in Thailand. Wainwright reportedly entered Thailand on a student visa.

It is difficult to understand , why , in times of fast Internet , it is just not possible for the ' law enforcing organs ' of any country to give access to a database that shows the criminal background and convictions of an individual BEFORE he is granted a visa .

So many hiding in plain sight here in Thailand. Just a simple google search of builders and lawyers here in Thailand will show you criminal history, especially in issan, yet they get visas and work permits!  Amazing Thailand!

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Guess the buffalo is going to get sick again shortly after his deportation. Hopefully she'll get bunged in the clink for assisting him

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

any financial transactions and let his Australian girlfriend do it for him.

 

What drug charge?

 

Importing a commercial quantity of smack, or got caught with a few pounds of weed?

7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The light wont be shining on that forehead for a while .. and boiled eggs for breakfast reminder for me today ???? 

Student stress or alopecia?

Have to give credit to the Police on this one. Well done. One down and a few thousand to go.

Why escape to a country that has a treaty with Australia or the US? He should have kept going.

On 8/19/2023 at 1:30 AM, Harsh Jones said:

Why escape to a country that has a treaty with Australia or the US? He should have kept going.

Just another idiot from down under, bet his mum is proud of him.

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