Thai Immigration Arrest Five Fugitives From France, Austria And South Korea

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Five Fugitive Criminals Caught Hiding In Thailand



Immigration police arrested five fugitives from France, Austria and South Korea involving three separate criminal cases. Two cases involved automobile thefts, and the third case involved ganja drug smuggling.

BANGKOK – March 16, 2013 [PDN]; the arrests of five foreigners for crimes committed in other countries was announced at the Wayuphak 4 meeting room of the office center by Jaeng Watthana; Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanu Kerdlarpphol, Commissioner of immigration office; Pol. Maj. Gen. Ronnasil Phusara, Commander; and Pol. Maj. Gen. Kreangsak Aroonsophon, Commander.

The first case involved the arrest of Mr. Anunu Abdraearman, age 25, nationality French. The suspect was wanted by the international arrest warrant issued by the court of Nongtaire, France, dated December 9, 2012

The suspect and 4 friends in the same gang had been arrested in France on car theft charges. The suspects would hack the information of the car key of a new automobile and then steal the car. After attaching a fake license plate and making fake documents, the thieves would sell the car on the internet.

Altogether the car theft gang had stolen 33 cars with total damages estimated at 44 million THB. Most of the stolen cars were Citroen, Peugeot and Mercedes-Benz models.

The behavior of the thieves was that after hacking the information of the car key, they brought the stolen information to the automobile showroom and claimed that they had lost their car key, in order to get a new duplicate key.

Then they had a team follow the target car. When the target car that they wanted to steal went to park at a garage or parking lot, the thieves would steal the car. Then they would put on the fake license plate and use the new fake documents to sell the stolen vehicle on the internet.

After the French officers arrested all the members of the car-theft gang, Mr. Anunu managed to escape into Thailand. So the Thai officers coordinated with the France embassy to find the fugitive.

The police eventually detected the whereabouts of the foreigner, until in the early morning of March 12, the Thai officers arrested the suspect in front of the Green Ice shop on Soi Yen Sabai, Moo 10 Tambon Nong Preu, Amphur Banglamung.

In the second criminal case, the Austria embassy helped coordinate the arrests of two suspects, identified as Mr. Rene Schmith, age 29, and Ms. Simone Antherweger, age 30.

Both of them are of Austrian nationality. The arrest warrant on drug dealing charges was issued by the Austria government. The suspects are accused of hiring other people to smuggle 14 kg of ganja from India to Austria.

Full story: http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2013/03/16/five-fugitive-criminals-caught-hiding-in-thailand/

-- Pattaya Daily News 2013-03-16

[thomash]

This is just the tip of the iceberg Thailand is swarming with fugitives international and domestics that is!

[NongKhaiKid]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

[ALFREDO]

"The (AUSTRIAN) suspects are accused of hiring other people to smuggle 14 kg of ganja from India to Austria.

After coordinating with the Austrian embassy, the Thai officers investigated and discovered that the defendants escaped to Thailand and were moving around many areas, such as Koh Samui, Buriram and Bangkok .

The defendants had brought a KTM motorbike from Austria that they used for their escape vehicle to travel around Thailand. Then on March 13, the Thai police arrested them at Pechkasem Road, Tambon Wangphai, Amphur Meuang, Choomporn province. (Chumphon)"

To drive around with a seldom KTM in TH was not so good idea! Better hide somewhere and keep a low profile.

My countryman-lady had been a bit to thoughtlessly!

Nice sunglasses - Same style the young Syrian murderer of the New Zealand man used at his reenactment this week.

Is fashionable among foreigners in police custody and in the local inspection!

Edited March 16, 2013 by ALFREDO

[ekkamai]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

Whose side are you on? Do you really want criminals to ecsape?

[Chaam local]

the court of Nongtaire, France

Not that it matters much, but they probably mean Nanterre.

[Fgis]

I don't see a French ?

[firestar]

I don't see a French ?

Are there any French people left not called Abdullah, Anunu Abdraearman, etc?

[Westaurel]

LOL

It's not Nongtaire, it's the court of Nanterre in Paris vicinity and it's not Anunu Abdraearman but Anunu Abderrahman, a common North African name !

Thais are never strong with western orthograph !

Edited March 16, 2013 by Westaurel

[lujanit]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

Whose side are you on? Do you really want criminals to ecsape?

The real criminals? Surely you means the politicians and the cops.

[tragickingdom]

Wow, a few car thieves or better key hackers and a few people that sold a bit of ganja. The people of Pattaya can go to bed safely and sleep well, knowing that the real criminals can keep on investing billions of baht in the new property boom.

[stoli]

For all of you that mention the stories reported does not give enough detail, this one gives too much. This scheme is like a textbook on how to steal a vehicle. I bet it will now be copied worldwide. What a shame. Maybe sometimes we reveal more than we should?

[seminomadic]

LOL

It's not Nongtaire, it's the court of Nanterre in Paris vicinity and it's not Anunu Abdraearman but Anunu Abderrahman, a common North African name !

Thais are never strong with western orthograph !

Yeah! Who doesn't know that it's ABDERRAHMAN, not ABDRAEARMAN!!! Holy shi!tballs!!!

<deleted> kind of backward country doesn't stay abreast of the spelling of COMMON North African surnames????

Tell ya what, this kind of thing would NEVER happen in Singapore or Japan. Just goes to show how tragic this country really is.

[Digitalbanana]

For all of you that mention the stories reported does not give enough detail, this one gives too much. This scheme is like a textbook on how to steal a vehicle. I bet it will now be copied worldwide. What a shame. Maybe sometimes we reveal more than we should?

So you are suggesting censoring the news so that law abiding citizens are unaware!? Must be some mistake...

[Locationthailand]

What a pathetic piece of journalism with inexcusable grammatical errors. Typical of the Pattaya rag.

[MEL1]

For all of you that mention the stories reported does not give enough detail, this one gives too much. This scheme is like a textbook on how to steal a vehicle. I bet it will now be copied worldwide. What a shame. Maybe sometimes we reveal more than we should?

This scam has been well known about in the West for over ten years!

-mel.

[froggerman]

For all of you that mention the stories reported does not give enough detail, this one gives too much. This scheme is like a textbook on how to steal a vehicle. I bet it will now be copied worldwide. What a shame. Maybe sometimes we reveal more than we should?

You bet it will now be copied? As though information such as ideas on how to steal cars has been unobtainable by the masses, like the most intricate secret details about how to engineer uranium centrifuges, and now that it has been published like this it is actually going to make a difference to someone, somewhere who didnt know how to commit a crime before?

Uh......

[attento]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

Whose side are you on? Do you really want criminals to ecsape?

The real criminals? Surely you means the politicians and the cops.

They are wanted on International Arrest Warrants, in addition to their local criminal activity. These are REAL criminals. Other people committing crimes is not relevant to this case. Why are some gang members allowed to wear dark glasses at the Press day ?

[Bagwan]

Wow! All those cops lining up for a photo opportunity. I assume that they are all in inactive posts. Wouldn't do to deflect the ones not caught out yet from keeping the shekels rolling in would it?

[MEL1]

The problem with this kind of news coverage doesn't convey the fact that, biased and racist, this is all highlighting the odd few farang have been caught at it.

Where's the daily coverage of Thais getting walloped abroad for their outlandish scams?

-mel.

Edited March 16, 2013 by MEL1

[VINCENT2012]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

I don't see a French ?

Are there any French people left not called Abdullah, Anunu Abdraearman, etc?

yes me !

[Neeranam]

Westaurel, on 16 Mar 2013 - 18:25, said:

LOL

It's not Nongtaire, it's the court of Nanterre in Paris vicinity and it's not Anunu Abdraearman but Anunu Abderrahman, a common North African name !

Thais are never strong with western orthograph !

I think you mean orthography, which is a fancy word for 'spelling'.

Edited March 16, 2013 by Neeranam

[dighambara]

LOL

It's not Nongtaire, it's the court of Nanterre in Paris vicinity and it's not Anunu Abdraearman but Anunu Abderrahman, a common North African name !

Thais are never strong with western orthograph !

Yeah! Who doesn't know that it's ABDERRAHMAN, not ABDRAEARMAN!!! Holy shi!tballs!!!

<deleted> kind of backward country doesn't stay abreast of the spelling of COMMON North African surnames????

Tell ya what, this kind of thing would NEVER happen in Singapore or Japan. Just goes to show how tragic this country really is.

You mean fugitives have never travelled to Singapore or Japan to elude the cops..???

I suspect many have done so and perhaps caught...

[Payboy]

at the Wayuphak 4 meeting room

[Crazy chef 1]

At least they can arrest some foreign fugitives just a shame that they can't arrest the "most wanted" local one....may they don't know where he is? I heard something about Dubai ....

[ikbenhet]

I must say that i feel a lot saver now that those criminals are arrested

[Potosi]

The problem with this kind of news coverage doesn't convey the fact that, biased and racist, this is all highlighting the odd few farang have been caught at it.

Where's the daily coverage of Thais getting walloped abroad for their outlandish scams?

-mel.

They can't just board a plane and flee to Europe. Thank God.

[a99az]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

Is that how you do it?

[freedom4life]

How did Immigration actually catch them ? Did they arrive with a notice around their necks reading " I am a Fugitive " ? Teach them to carry more cash next time and it would never have happened

Whose side are you on? Do you really want criminals to ecsape?

Bankers get away all the time....

[Buchholz]

What a pathetic piece of journalism with inexcusable grammatical errors. Typical of the Pattaya rag.

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It's explainable as a poor translation of a Thai newspaper article (although the original reporting is not duly acknowledged and notated ).

Pattaya Daily News doesn't have reporters submitting news stories from all over the country.

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