Crime French Fugitive Nabbed at Phuket Airport in Daring Morning Arrest

[webfact]

Pictures courtesy of The Phuket News

 

A wanted Frenchman tried to slip past Thai authorities but wasn't slick enough. The bold early morning arrest unfolded at Phuket International Airport yesterday, around 7.40am. A 31-year-old French national, flagged by immigration systems, faced off with police as he entered the international arrivals hall.

 

Under the keen watch of Police Lieutenant Colonel Akkaraphon Kaewkiattiyot, the Superintendent of the Phuket Immigration Checkpoint, the operation exemplified teamwork.

 

Immigration investigators teamed with officers from Patong Police Station pinpointed their target. The arrest didn't just add another notch on their belts; it also highlighted the effective collaboration between local police and immigration services.

 

 

 

The fugitive was wanted on an active arrest warrant, charged with using force in an assault-related offence, though no physical or mental harm was done. Officials quietly whisked the details of when or where the offence occurred under the rug, but confirmed the warrant preceded his attempted reentry into Thailand.

 

Once the French national was cuffed, the man was taken straight to Patong Police Station. An immigration officer on duty stressed the "efficiency of Thailand’s border control systems" following the arrest.

 

While proceedings against the suspect continue, updates on his court hearing are eagerly awaited by the legal community. Meanwhile, similar swift justice echoed across Thailand: a broker linked to the infamous Doctor Boon Vanasin network was captured upon extradition from China.

 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The THaiger 2025-04-26

 

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The fugitive was wanted on an active arrest warrant, charged with using force in an assault-related offence, though no physical or mental harm was done. Officials quietly whisked the details of when or where the offence occurred under the rug, but confirmed the warrant preceded his attempted reentry into Thailand.

 

Sorry, but what does this really mean?

[Gottfrid]

 

[ronster]

Meanwhile another 10 just breezed through 😃

[newbee2022]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Pictures courtesy of The Phuket News

 

A wanted Frenchman tried to slip past Thai authorities but wasn't slick enough. The bold early morning arrest unfolded at Phuket International Airport yesterday, around 7.40am. A 31-year-old French national, flagged by immigration systems, faced off with police as he entered the international arrivals hall.

 

Under the keen watch of Police Lieutenant Colonel Akkaraphon Kaewkiattiyot, the Superintendent of the Phuket Immigration Checkpoint, the operation exemplified teamwork.

 

Immigration investigators teamed with officers from Patong Police Station pinpointed their target. The arrest didn't just add another notch on their belts; it also highlighted the effective collaboration between local police and immigration services.

 

 

 

The fugitive was wanted on an active arrest warrant, charged with using force in an assault-related offence, though no physical or mental harm was done. Officials quietly whisked the details of when or where the offence occurred under the rug, but confirmed the warrant preceded his attempted reentry into Thailand.

 

Once the French national was cuffed, the man was taken straight to Patong Police Station. An immigration officer on duty stressed the "efficiency of Thailand’s border control systems" following the arrest.

 

While proceedings against the suspect continue, updates on his court hearing are eagerly awaited by the legal community. Meanwhile, similar swift justice echoed across Thailand: a broker linked to the infamous Doctor Boon Vanasin network was captured upon extradition from China.

 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The THaiger 2025-04-26

 

 

 

Thank you

[Jonathan Swift]

My favorite dramatic embellishments from the story: 

Slick, bold, unfolded, faced-off, keen, pinpointed, notch-in-their-belts, quietly-whisked (egg whites?), cuffed, swift

[Woke to Sounds]

I don't trust the Gallic swagger on this one.

 

Legs are spread far too wide.

 

Toss the bum out.

[factual monk]

What was daring in it... ? 🤔 

 It was a simple arrest of a wanted man by police at airport... 

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Woke to Sounds said:

I don't trust the Gallic swagger on this one.

 

Legs are spread far too wide.

 

Toss the bum out.

Must be Beau Legs. But where are is two accomplices, Beau Geste and Beau Nidle?

[klauskunkel]

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French Fugitive Nabbed at Phuket Airport in Daring Morning Arrest

Dare Devil Police?

They didn't even swoop, they only nabbed... (Maybe the ceiling was too low?)

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

 

Sorry, but what does this really mean?

Maybe he had an evil stare,,,