Crackdown reveals 2,000 fake vehicle registrations in Thailand

[snoop1130]

 

Royal Thai Police launched an operation titled Crackdown on Illegal Vehicles Flooding the City, leading to the search of four locations and the discovery of over 2,000 fake registrations, including a single registration number used on 26 vehicles.

 

The operation, conducted yesterday, involved the Crime Suppression Division and the Department of Land Transport (DLT).

 

Senior officers including Sopon Saraphat, Montri Teskhan, and Kongkrit Lertsitthikul, along with Sekson Akkharaphan, Deputy Director-General of the DLT, announced the results from the four targeted areas in Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi, Chaiyaphum, and Sisaket.

 

Four individuals were arrested, and over 30 vehicles, including cars and motorcycles, along with fake licence plates, were seized.

 

Sopon stated that the operation was necessary due to the significant number of illegal vehicles using counterfeit licence plates on the roads. It was discovered that some registration numbers were used on as many as 26 different vehicles.

 

These fake registrations are increasingly being used for other illegal activities such as drug trafficking, smuggling illegal immigrants, and transporting illegal weapons. Coordination with the DLT was essential for the success of this operation.

 

Madam Mali

 

Officer Montri explained that the crackdown is a continuation of an earlier investigation related to a network known as Madam Mali involved in exporting vehicles with fake registrations to neighbouring countries.

 

During a raid in Loei province on September 26 last year, police uncovered over 2,000 items of vehicle data, including registration numbers, tax stickers, vehicle brands, and chassis numbers. These documents were believed to be forgeries intended for sale to customers.

 

The data was classified into three groups: the first group included registration numbers in the DLT’s database but with incorrect vehicle types: the second group had registration numbers matching the vehicles but used on multiple units, referred to as twin cars, and the third group had no records in the system or used unassigned registration numbers.

 

Montri further explained that many of the 2,000 vehicles identified were still under the ownership of finance companies. Some owners, after leasing the vehicles, pawned them, intending to sell them later. In some cases, the pawned vehicles were sold off without the owners’ consent.

 

Some buyers were aware of the vehicles’ illegal status but were attracted by the low price or intended to use them for illegal purposes. Others were unaware they were purchasing illegal vehicles as the counterfeit licence plates and registration documents were convincing.

 

Officer Kongkrit highlighted that in the past year, highway police had seized 67 vehicles with fake registrations. These were primarily used for drug trafficking, smuggling illegal immigrants, and transporting contraband or untaxed goods, among other illegal activities.

 

DLT Deputy Director-General Sekson noted that the department has been working closely with the police to verify vehicle registrations and prevent illegal activities. The investigation revealed that the registration number used on 26 vehicles was indeed a fake and had never been officially issued, reported KhaoSod.

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-07-31

 

 

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[bluebluewater]

Millions of vehicles out there and they are bragging about finding 2,000?

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Royal Thai Police launched an operation titled Crackdown on Illegal Vehicles Flooding the City, leading to the search of four locations and the discovery of over 2,000 fake registrations, including a single registration number used on 26 vehicles.

Why a crackdown, better to have a continuous search.

[stoner]

hub of illegal registrations. 

[motdaeng]

15 minutes ago, stoner said:

hub of illegal registrations. 

 

as we all know, "where there are thai people, there are also hubs." 

[Classic Ray]

Time to introduce more ANPR cameras connected to the registration database together with RTP patrols capable of actually pursuing and stopping offenders.

 

Could start at highway toll booths where they are easy to stop, but would need to be covered by CCTV cameras and supervised to prevent 50% discounts being offered.

[Peterphuket]

Ha, ha, ha, only 2000, do you believe it?

Tens of thousands seems a more reasonable number to me.

There is virtually no control over that.

[Peterphuket]

1 hour ago, Classic Ray said:

Time to introduce more ANPR cameras connected to the registration database together with RTP patrols capable of actually pursuing and stopping offenders.

 

Could start at highway toll booths where they are easy to stop, but would need to be covered by CCTV cameras and supervised to prevent 50% discounts being offered.

This is not a western country.

If you do not pay your fine there, they are not imagined to sell your house under your ass to still get the amount they believe they are entitled to.

[lordgrinz]

A proper police force would be continuously pulling over bad/illegal drivers and checking licenses, registrations, and insurance. Doing so regularly would more than likely catch a lot of illegally operated vehicles, and have the added benefit of increasing public safety and compliance while saving lives. But nope, we get the incompetent RTP who work for themselves and further their criminal mafia enterprise under the persona of Royal dignity.

[ThaiFelix]

1 hour ago, Peterphuket said:

Ha, ha, ha, only 2000, do you believe it?

Tens of thousands seems a more reasonable number to me.

There is virtually no control over that.

When it comes to Thai corruption, 2,000 units of anything is not worth getting out of bed for.

[brianthainess]

10 hours ago, stoner said:

hub of illegal registrations. 

Hubs illegally registered..........

 

 

[john donson]

smart cars sleeping?

[BangkokReady]

On 8/1/2024 at 6:35 AM, stoner said:

hub of illegal registrations. 

 

Hub of illegality...