The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and the Royal Thai Police (RTP) demolished an illegal communications radio warehouse in Pathum Thani province. The joint operation aimed to disrupt the network of call centres, seizing CCTV cameras fitted with SIM cards and 58,400 related items, valued at over 200 million baht.

 

At 10am today, Dr Sornchai Boonyachaiyapruek, the chairman of the NBTC, instructed Dr Nattatorn Proasunthorn of the Legal Affairs division and head of the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement for Technology-related Crimes, and Dr Thatchai Pitaneelabutr, the Assistant National Police Chief, to oversee the operation.

 

Tri Rat Wiriyasirikul, acting Secretary-General of the NBTC, Nivathe Abhavasin, Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, and Jaturn Choksawat, Director of the Telecommunications Business Supervision Office, along with NBTC operation units and the Cybercrime Investigation Police, reported on the operation to clear the illegal communications equipment warehouse that was disrupting mobile signals and targeting call centre gangs in the Bangkok and its surrounding areas.

 

Dr Nattatorn stated that as a result of joint operations between the NBTC and the police to arrest and seize illegal communication radios and other technological devices used by call centre gangs to commit crimes, such as electronic SIM boxes and false base stations, there is reason to believe that these items have been smuggled into the kingdom by separating parts or hiding them with other equipment illegally.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-11

 

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3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

there is reason to believe that these items have been smuggled into the kingdom by separating parts or hiding them with other equipment illegally.

 

Or maybe they just offered a big brown envelope full of money , that works too

 

regards worgeordie

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The joint operation aimed to disrupt the network of call centres, seizing CCTV cameras fitted with SIM cards and 58,400 related items, valued at over 200 million baht.

That's gonna hurt someones pocket.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

valued at over 200 million baht.

Who did the valuation?  Did the RTP check Lazada for what they were selling it for?  Did a 7-11 clerk then use a calculator to do the Maths?

200 million is but a fraction of the reported 1.1 plus billion found in a certain excise employee's account a few days ago.