Immigration Officers Pose as Gardeners to Capture Finnish Fugitive

Thai immigration officers arrested a 69-year-old Finnish man wanted through Interpol at a house in Bangkok’s Rom Klao area. The suspect, identified only as Jacob, allegedly moved from Chon Buri to a housing estate near Suvarnabhumi Airport in an effort to avoid detection. He reportedly covered areas around the property to block outside views, rarely left the house and depended largely on delivery services. After learning that he occasionally emerged to speak with gardeners, officers disguised themselves as maintenance workers and persuaded him to come outside. Authorities revoked his permission to remain in Thailand and began arrangements to return him to Finland over allegations involving fraud, tax evasion and falsified accounting records worth more than four million baht.