A 41 year old Thai man was arrested yesterday for selling unauthorised SIM cards through Facebook. This was part of a three-month investigation led by police officers Worawit Yanchinda, Wasan Thawatchaiwirut, Nat Thadanai Bamrungsri, and Narongdet.

 

The accused, Chaiyot, was apprehended in a parking lot at a Ratchayothin Zone mall in Lat Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok, with 1,465 SIM cards, a blue mobile phone, and three brown boxes as evidence.

 

This arrest stemmed from the police’s ongoing investigation into technology-related crimes. It was reported that a Facebook user named Yotzar Mbk was advertising in the group Selling SIMs with registration/all networks. The police were informed that the SIM cards were registered in other people’s names, which could potentially be used for criminal activities by call centre gangs or other nefarious individuals.

 

After reporting to their superiors, the police were ordered to follow up on the investigation and arrest the offender according to the law. The police then contacted the suspect to purchase 1,000 registered SIM cards for 40,000 baht. The exchange was scheduled for yesterday at 1pm at a mall in the Ratchayothin zone.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: PHOTO: via Prune.co

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-15

 

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10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai man was arrested yesterday for selling unauthorised SIM cards through Facebook

What an idiot, easiest way to get busted....

1 hour ago, flyingtlger said:

What an idiot, easiest way to get busted....

Thai education system comes to the rescue again.