Lite Beer Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Iranian held in bombings, forgery Kamphi Arbsuwan The Nation on Sunday BANGKOK: -- An Iranian has been arrested for an alleged link to a big passport-forgery gang and to bomb blasts in Bangkok on February 14. Police identified the suspect as Parknejed Seyed Ramin, 44. A joint operation by various authorities, including a Canadian agency, led to his arrest in Pattaya. Police found fake passport pages in the names of more than 3,000 people at his condominium. Evidence linking Ramin to an overseas-based gang was also found. "Although he made just a partial confession, we have found solid evidence against him," Pol Colonel Songsak Raksaksakulsaid said at a press conference on Friday evening. He heads the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI). Songsak said countries such as Canada, Britain and Australia had arrested more than 1,000 foreigners carrying fake passports produced in Thailand. "Our investigation has revealed that an Iranian gang has used Thailand as a base in forging passports. Each fake passport costs over Bt30,000," Songsak said. Relevant authorities believe that Ramin's gang has been in operation for no less than five years and may have already generated more than Bt90 million in income. "The passport forgery has facilitated the operations of transnational criminals," Songsak said. "We have to crack down on such illegal activities." The authorities also suspect Ramin played a role in the bomb blasts in Phra Khanong on February 14 this year. Police have detained several Iranians over the explosion. One of them was arrested at the scene with serious injuries, after a bomb blew off one of his legs. -- The Nation 2012-06-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I wonder what the link will be between the forgery and terrorism? You would think that a successful forgery ring would want to be a million miles away from throwing bombs. Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buchholz Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) Police identified the suspect as Parknejed Seyed Ramin Police found fake passport pages in the names of more than 3,000 people at his condominium. The authorities also suspect Ramin played a role in the bomb blasts Parknejed Seyed Ramin Sattahip Post (article in Thai) http://sattahippost.com/?p=5396 Edited June 10, 2012 by Buchholz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 looks abit like aleksi sales from young ones haha. how pale is he? another scum bag in pattaya....its a bit of shitehole old patts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moruya Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 It could well be that the forgery was for income and funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttelise Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 We are the "Israel or Hamas was behind it all" conspiracy crowd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ttelise Posted June 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2012 Uncle funkin Fester is alive and kickin in Pattya 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post folium Posted June 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2012 Bt 30,000 for a forged passport? Not that imuch more than for a real UK one the way prices are going! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA_FARANG Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Entrapment and blackmail. Not saying it is the case here....but any government with such a terrorist agenda that found a group forging passports for money like that group would love such an opportunity. They could use the group to provide fake passports for them...knowing that if caught those crooks are going to jail anyhow. So the crooks have nothing much to lose, and they simply need money to provide passports for the terrorists. In the intelligence community, such people are known as "cut-outs" or "tear-aways", because if something goes wrong in the operation your running you simply cut them out or tear them away and abandon them. So you simply entrap them into doing something illegal, then you blackmail them into working for you....and if things go bad....you just abandon them and run away. Which could possibly be the case with this guyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The Iranian passport forgers have quite a history of causing grief around the world. On March 23 I posted that, Canada has a task force in Bangkok, comprising RCMP, Canadian Border Security Agency, Immigration Canada, Department of Defense and other officials, that has been co-operating with Thai authorities to prevent ships carrying bogus Tamil refugees from going to Canada. It appears that they had their eyes on the Iranians for quite some time. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/542308-canadas-pm-to-visit-thailand-japan-and-south-korea/#entry5157912 I presume the arrested people were the ones supplying the passports to Tamil terrorists/insurgents trying to sneak into Canada and to the narcotics smugglers that have plagued Canada for quite some time. The Canadian agency would most likely have been the joint CBSA/RCMP unit. If I am not mistaken, they also keep an eye on the motorcycle gangs, particularly the Hells Angels and their alleged smuggling of heroin. There's some more to this story and I wouldn't be surprised if this operation was not discussed when the Canadian PM recently visited as Thailand has been the source of a large chunk of the bogus Tamil refugee flow to Australia and Canada. Interesting enough, the deluge of bogus refugees stopped once the Canadian PM and Australian PM read the riot act to the Thai authorities. The Iranian government may be able to claim no knowledge in this activity, but an operation of this scope and size had to have some help from outside of Thailand. Oh to be a fly on the wall of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs when Minister Baird briefs his counterpart in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamypoko Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) If he sinks, he's innocent...If he floats, back to step one Edited June 10, 2012 by mamypoko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldgitTom Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I presume the arrested people were the ones supplying the passports to Tamil terrorists/insurgents trying to sneak into Canada and to the narcotics smugglers that have plagued Canada for quite some time. Canada was a major entry point of heroin into the USA for years. I don't know if it still is. The routes over the border were pioneered in 'bootleg' alcohol days. That huge trade made many a Canadian wealthy - the sort that became very respectable later. I wish the mounties more luck than the rest of the 'War on Drugs' farceurs. Every year, the illegal narcotics business gets bigger, & the banks at the end of the chain rake in the geld. Mind you, along with the 'international terrorism' racket, it gives secuirty goons in uniforms an ace opportunity to scowl at honest travellers, & treat them like suspected international criminals. Happily, Thai officials haven't been infected with this lunacy, AFAIK. OGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonka Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 The correct link is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18377246 I have problems editing from my mobile phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Police found fake passport pages in the names of more than 3,000 people at his condominium. Evidence linking Ramin to an overseas-based gang was also found. How many of them are holy war fighters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman69 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) The correct link is: http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-18377246 I have problems editing from my mobile phone. You think you've got problems, should try what I'm using. Luckily I have a lovely PA to carry it. http://www.retrobrick.com/4500x.jpg Edited June 10, 2012 by sportsman69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gand Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Uncle funkin Fester is alive and kickin in Pattya He did do a good light bulb. And loved that Morticia Frump Addams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Pattaya bashing posts have been deleted. Please stay on-topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnski12 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I wonder what the link will be between the forgery and terrorism? You would think that a successful forgery ring would want to be a million miles away from throwing bombs. Just sayin' Muslims are not necessarily the brightest apples in the bag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Fake passport pages or copied real passport pages? Wonder where the Iranians got the names of all those foreigners? Could they have bribed someone? Probably not possible in a secure, well managed, corrupt free place like Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gand Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Another hub FOR Thailand? Will their be another crack down? Will there be another War Room? Warroom Boutique Hotel Sukhumvit 63 Number of rooms: 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidu Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 If there was an Olympic event for 'Convincing a Foreign Government to not pursue Bombings of its Capital City' ....Iran would get the Gold medal. If there was an Olympic event for sweeping serious problems under the rug, Thailand would win the Gold Medal. Congratulations to Thai authorities, for so successfully obscuring the bombings of your capital city. Your plan to get the Thai people to forget about it (and to appease Iranian officialdom), is successful. The day after, an explosion destroyed much of a house in a lane off the central Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. A 28-year-old Iranian stumbled out and threw makeshift grenades at taxi drivers and police, before collapsing, badly injured. It did not take long for Iran to be blamed. - excerpt from The Guardian newspaper, London, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Hang him...hang him high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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