Phuket Police Investigate Russian Suspects in Kidnapping Case

[snoop1130]

 

PHUKET, Feb 1 (TNA) — Phuket police investigators are questioning four Russian suspects involving in the kidnapping case of a Russian couple, demanding crypto currency worth some 30 million baht as ransom.

 

Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum who led the team of investigators said after the interrogation that the four Russian suspects jointly kidnapped two Russian victims – male and female and forced them to transfer 900,000 bitcoin or around 30 million baht to them.

 

Gen. Sinlert said the indicent occured at around 10pm of January 31 when the two victims were forced to be in a van in front of a restaurant near Lo Rong intersection in Phuket provincial seat.

 

Full story: Thai News Agency 2024-02-01

 

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[Mitkof Island]

How are all the Russians surviving in Thailand with the Russian currency about worthless? 

[KhunBENQ]

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

to transfer 900,000 bitcoin

Oops. Little decimal shift? If they really mean bitcoin (BTC) 900000 would be about 1.3 Trillion THB 😁.

30 million THB is about 20 BTC.

Edited February 1 by KhunBENQ

[ChrisY1]

13 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

How are all the Russians surviving in Thailand with the Russian currency about worthless? 

They kidnap people for ransom!

[ChrisY1]

Back in the 70's and early 80's, the Russian time gangs ruled in Thailand...overpowering the cops, they pretty much had carte blanc to do as they pleased. Is it looking similar today?

Edited February 2 by ChrisY1

[brianthainess]

43 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

They kidnap people for ransom!

And run massage places, if you don't use them they beat you up more so if your disabled.

[brianthainess]

Quality Tourists get Quality Cops 

[couchpotato]

47 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Back in the 70's and early 80's, the Russian time gangs ruled in Thailand...overpowering the cops, they pretty much had carte blanc to do as they pleased. Is it looking similar today?

Misleading info.....

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

How are all the Russians surviving in Thailand with the Russian currency about worthless? 

 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the four Russian suspects jointly kidnapped two Russian victims – male and female and forced them to transfer 900,000 bitcoin or around 30 million baht to them.

A clue was in the post... 

[stargrazer9889]

Bit coin, currency of crooks I think, because it is hard to trace.

  Never willl be any in my possession.

[zzzzz]

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Back in the 70's and early 80's, the Russian time gangs ruled in Thailand...overpowering the cops, they pretty much had carte blanc to do as they pleased. Is it looking similar today?

BS: lived in Pattaya and phuket in the 80's

never heard of any Russians around<  Germans ran many go go and scams in Pattaya and phuket was wide open with only the thai nakorn sri thammarat gangs running things 

[anrcaccount]

Putting aside the kidnapping, you have to say that a 23 year old Belarusian having $30 M THB ( approx $840K USD) in Crypto, in the first place, is impressive. 

 

That's the high net worth quality tourist Thailand is looking for. Now if the authorities can just keep them from getting abducted, all will be well!