Lite Beer Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Phuket Police to target foreigners at nightPhuket Gazette - Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayuth Karachedi (right) has prepared his officers to target foreigners at night. Photo: Gazette file PHUKET: Foreigners passing through checkpoints at night will be stopped and searched as part of a new effort to ensure the safety of people and property on Phuket, police announced today.The police initiative is motivated by two recent ATM robberies perpetrated by foreigners and the fact that the number of foreign suspects in criminal cases sharply increased this year, said Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayuth Karachedi.Officers at police stations throughout Phuket were instructed last week to begin stopping and searching foreigners at night.“If we find any equipment that could be used in a robbery, officers will question the driver in detail,” Col Peerayuth said.“There is no need to carry around this kind of equipment at night,” he added.Two Vietnamese men are suspected of using a blowtorch to rob an ATM at the Boat Lagoon of 1.6 million baht on November 7. Police believe they left Thailand the following day (story here).On December 3, a Mexican and two Colombians used a blowtorch to rob an ATM in Patong of nearly 300,000 baht. They were later apprehended in Bangkok (story here).From January to November this year, 247 foreigners in Phuket were suspects in criminal cases, Col Peerayuth noted, while the number for 2012 was 193 and for 2011 was 194.The breakdown for 2013 is as follows:Working without a work permit: 67Drugs: 55Traffic violations: 35Expired permit to stay: 30Offense against property: 28Offense against life or body: 11Crime not stated: 11Entered the country illegally: 10“We have to be more strict in enforcing the law as the number of tourists and expats on Phuket is increasing every year,” said Col Peerayuth.“We have both good and bad foreigners here, and it’s our job to try to prevent the bad ones from doing criminal acts in our country,” Col Peerayuth noted. Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-Police-to-target-foreigners-at-night-23052.html -- Phuket Gazette 2013-12-17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NamKangMan Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Well, it's official then, with these statistics, Phuket is to be renamed Pattaya 2. I would like to personally congratulate the BiB and Phuket's influential people for their wonderful administration of the island. Job well done. Keep up the good work. I will look forward to the racial profiling at your check points. Edited December 17, 2013 by NamKangMan 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Slip Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Xenophobia at it's finest. Bravo Mr Deputy Commander. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post I Like Thai Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Well, it's official then, with these statistics, Phuket is to be renamed Pattaya 2. I would like to personally congratulate the BiB and Phuket's influential people for their wonderful administration of the island. Job well done. Keep up the good work. Why Pattaya 2 ? I have never ever been stopped and searched in Pattaya. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NamKangMan Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Well, it's official then, with these statistics, Phuket is to be renamed Pattaya 2. I would like to personally congratulate the BiB and Phuket's influential people for their wonderful administration of the island. Job well done. Keep up the good work. Why Pattaya 2 ? I have never ever been stopped and searched in Pattaya. Maybe the "2" after "Pattaya" because Phuket has now become twice as bad as Pattaya. Edited December 17, 2013 by NamKangMan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rambling Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Those amounts are small change compared to last month's bust of the gang involved with ATM skimming to the tune of 1 billion Baht. Ah yes there was also a policeman involved in that gang, maybe the police should target the police ;-) 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MoTheo Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Traffic violations: 35...............LOL, i suppose they not counting violations going in their own pockets, 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ianatlarge Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 247 foreigners, out of x million ?Looks like a crime wave to me. Glad to learn that the Thai cops will be out and about at night, guarding and keeping us all safe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bubblegum Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Lets see, traffic violations 35 criminals ! Expired permit stay 30 more real bad heavy duty bad guys Working without a permit 67 almost murderers Offence against property 28 drunk who pee were they should not pee Entering the country illegal Burmese Crime not stated 11 tourist not paying the barfine Drugs 55 sure bad bad bad all of them are big time dealers or maybe caught smoking a joint Offence against life or body . I say lock them up ! Thainess pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MoTheo Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) Personally i count for 3 of them in 2013 for not wearing a helmet and missing international license, this country is a joke Edited December 17, 2013 by MoTheo 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GeorgeO Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Xenophobia at it's finest. Bravo Mr Deputy Commander. Extreme racism at its best...!! I would urge all foreigners to do what I did seven years ago, and leave Phuket for the last time...!! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patje Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hide the blowtorch better !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommytitfull Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hope any frangs don:t do a bit of plumbers work for a friend at night al tooled up. over 80% crimes are just not doing things by their passport controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 This is nothing more than legalised racism and is fundamentally wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iSabai Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hope any frangs don:t do a bit of plumbers work for a friend at night al tooled up. over 80% crimes are just not doing things by their passport controls. Well said. Er… what'd you say again? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NeverSure Posted December 17, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2013 Most of the serious crime in the news in Thailand is Thai on Thai. Start with the serial rapist/killer who killed a girl named Cartoon. Others are Thai on foreigners. Why don't they check taxi drivers for knives and bamboo poles? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holeyman1 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Weird... How come back home we all obediently abide by the rules but when we're guests in another country, it's racial profiling? Something not right, no? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chooka Posted December 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2013 Take the heat off the locals who are attacking and robbing tourists and target the tourists. TAT will be impressed and those 1/2 mil tourists lost because of Suthup should start flocking to Phuket once the news gets out that they are a specific target for the local BIB. Would it be a little less racist if they treated all people the same and targeted everyone instead of picking out the evil nasty round eyed tourists? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Most of the serious crime in the news in Thailand is Thai on Thai. Start with the serial rapist/killer who killed a girl named Cartoon. Others are Thai on foreigners. Why don't they check taxi drivers for knives and bamboo poles? Because if the farangs didn't come then there wouldn't be a problem, they are provoking and encouraging locals to act the way they are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 What kind of equipment does one carry around to enter the country illegally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Somtamnication Posted December 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2013 What kind of equipment does one carry around to enter the country illegally? Dildos and atm cards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This is nothing more than legalised racism and is fundamentally wrong. How is it racism when thai start checking e.g. vietnamese? Why do people on tv keep confusing foreigner with farang? Sent from my D90W using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Somtamnication Posted December 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2013 This is nothing more than legalised racism and is fundamentally wrong.How is it racism when thai start checking e.g. vietnamese? Why do people on tv keep confusing foreigner with farang?Sent from my D90W using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Well, at night, try to differentiate Vietnamese with Thais, sitting in car, approaching the gestapo checkpoint. They are only going for honkies!!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This is nothing more than legalised racism and is fundamentally wrong.How is it racism when thai start checking e.g. vietnamese? Why do people on tv keep confusing foreigner with farang?Sent from my D90W using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Well, at night, try to differentiate Vietnamese with Thais, sitting in car, approaching the gestapo checkpoint. They are only going for honkies!!!! Yep it is a little like trying to differentiate between an Aussie and a Kiwi sitting in a car. I have to agree they will be targeting the round eyes easier to spot as a possible tourist or expat and not a citizen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AbeSurd Posted December 18, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well, it's official then, with these statistics, Phuket is to be renamed Pattaya 2. Pattaya 2 is in Khon Kaen. http://www.khonkaen.com/english/attractions/ubolrat_dam.asp 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well, it's official then, with these statistics, Phuket is to be renamed Pattaya 2. I would like to personally congratulate the BiB and Phuket's influential people for their wonderful administration of the island. Job well done. Keep up the good work. I will look forward to the racial profiling at your check points. Just ran outta likes so....this will have to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygunther Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well, it's official then, with these statistics, Phuket is to be renamed Pattaya 2. I would like to personally congratulate the BiB and Phuket's influential people for their wonderful administration of the island. Job well done. Keep up the good work. Why Pattaya 2 ? I have never ever been stopped and searched in Pattaya. Maybe the "2" after "Pattaya" because Phuket has now become twice as bad as Pattaya. Yes, right .... Pattaya is peaceful compared to Pattong. I stop to travel to Phuket 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygunther Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) But I understand their interest ... From locals (Taxi, jetski etc..) They collect 100-200 bht. Farangs have to pay significantly more. Last time I was there, they let all Thais without helmet pass, they only stop the farangs. This is how it works here... Money talks Edited December 18, 2013 by andygunther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel Dude Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 142 of those 193 cases by foreigners are petty of fences... Very little hard crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnikaIII Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I give it the thumbs up. Go for it I say, because whoever is found to be in violation of whatever, needs to be hauled out, penalized and preferably expelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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