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,,,

[818Pilot]

So instead of taking him into custody at immigration as he tried to clear, they admitted him and notified local police stationed at the airport who then arrested him.

 

What a stupid thing to celebrate, any other country would have taken him into custody at the immigration booth

[TheFishman1]

And why can’t they do that for the Red Bull kid I forgot there’s really no one for his arrest even though he killed the cop don’t be going to jail or the people that his daddy paid off a few of them are gonna be in jail for a little bit no time in jail TIT

[Nick Carter icp]

5 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

And why can’t they do that for the Red Bull kid I forgot there’s really no one for his arrest even though he killed the cop don’t be going to jail or the people that his daddy paid off a few of them are gonna be in jail for a little bit no time in jail TIT

 

  That did happen 13 years ago , no need to keep going on about it 

[Bday Prang]

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  That did happen 13 years ago , no need to keep going on about it 

there's a few on here who just can't let it lie and will drag it up at any opportunity. Exactly the same problem is exhibited by some of the "trump haters" Its clearly a psychological problem, wonder what its called

[Henkjan2]

1 hour ago, 818Pilot said:

So instead of taking him into custody at immigration as he tried to clear, they admitted him and notified local police stationed at the airport who then arrested him.

 

What a stupid thing to celebrate, any other country would have taken him into custody at the immigration booth

It's to scare off other criminals. And i'm happy with that 😀

[barrybike]

No physical or mental harm was done yet he is up for assault , must have looked at someone the wrong way or verbal , strange !!!

[JJ-Thailand]

I remember the 70s and early 80s when Phuket was nice and quiet.