Jerrie Pelser Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hi all, Went to Central Airport over lunch and they stopped all the vehicles to search them and look underneath with mirrors. I just drove past with my motorcycle but when I go to the motorcycle parking area they also stopped everyone and you had to open the motorcycle seat so they can look inside the storage area. Does anyone know what this could be about? This is the first time I have seen something like this in almost 2 years I have been here. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thailand Posted February 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2015 Swiss army knives? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryBird Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Who are 'they'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Define 'vehicle search' ?? I understand them looking for explosives with mirrors.. Happened many times at various shopping centers over the years, I dont consider looking at the exterior (even underneath) a vehicle search.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrie Pelser Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Who are 'they'? Sorry, it was just normal security people at the airport... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Who are 'they'? Sorry, it was just normal security people at the airport... Not central then ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrie Pelser Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Oh dear, I need sleep it seems... Central Airport Plaza. Security people stopped cars. Looked underneath them with mirrors. I do not know if they looked inside - I did not stop to look exactly what their search entailed. So if that is technically not a vehicle search, I apologise for not using the correct terminology. Either way, it was an unusual situation for me. Seems none of you know the answer to what was happening any case. Hope I cleared up all the fine little technical points ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Simple security checks for bombs attached under cars or inside bikes.. Was standard operating procedure in many Phuket shopping malls for years.. They would over time get sloppy and stop, then the next little scare in the south would be firmly in force again.. Admit not noticed it ever here.. So understand it may have stood out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrie Pelser Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Thank you LivinLOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Oops I did not see this topic & just posted something similar Mods feel free to delete my post. But yes saw the same as you today...what appears to be a bomb check? I do not think it could be much else....Not like any trucks are smuggling in workers etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Had to laugh at the security people at Makro a couple of years ago, they had a makeshift device for looking under cars, it was a chrome tea tray nailed to a piece of wood.but i am sure it worked a lot better than those bomb sniffers the Government was conned into spending a lot of money on. regards Worgeordie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 They were stopping people at the ground floor (parking), rear enterence to Central Festival the other day and asking ladies to empty their handbags on a table covered in a white tablecloth. There was a group of Bangkok hip-hop looking dudes that were asked to stop so they could run the metal detector over them. Of course I just walked past them and up the escalator while they were scanning the 'gang'. Had no idea what it was all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 This is the first time I've seen the Australian govt advising NOT TO TRAVEL to Thailand at this time. Something has raised the security alert. http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kalbo123 Posted February 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2015 This is the first time I've seen the Australian govt advising NOT TO TRAVEL to Thailand at this time. Something has raised the security alert. http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Thailand Read better, only a few provinces in the South, and thats probably going on for years already. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Maybe due to the bomb attacks at Siam Paragon in BK. There may have been a rumour/ lead that one of the department stores in CM could possibly be targeted next....who knows? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I can confirm that they are also checking all the vehicles underneath with a mirror at Central Festival Pattaya ,a guard is standing there all day long with a mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrens54 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Glad they are taking Precautions! That "Travel Advice" from Australian Government was dated a couple of weeks ago and the suggestion to "Not Travel" ONLY Applied to a few places way down South where most people would have no desire to go anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Yingluck is also in Chiang Mai but not sure if it is related or not. Apparently her caravan was stopped and checked at a check point also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Yingluck is also in Chiang Mai but not sure if it is related or not. Apparently her caravan was stopped and checked at a check point also. She now lives in a caravan? Went in KSK before opening time yesterday through the back, no checks there. not sure if they are at the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 The world we live in now is a very dangerous place. Bombs on planes, bombs in cars, bombs in shopping malls. Why would anyone be concerned about security checks, in my mind the more checks the better. They are only trying to make things safer for every one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryBird Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 OP, thanks for the heads up, I was simply trying to figure out who it was performing the screenings, police, army, private security from the Dept store, etc.. I think it's useful for all of us on here today given the state of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 see empty table with thai notice on it outside entrance to ksk,propaly reads leave all exploisive stuff here,guard gone to lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Glad they are taking Precautions! That "Travel Advice" from Australian Government was dated a couple of weeks ago and the suggestion to "Not Travel" ONLY Applied to a few places way down South where most people would have no desire to go anyway. You're correct about the 'Do not travel' applied to the south. the notice was issued a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yingluck is also in Chiang Mai but not sure if it is related or not. Apparently her caravan was stopped and checked at a check point also. She now lives in a caravan? Went in KSK before opening time yesterday through the back, no checks there. not sure if they are at the front. There were security guards at the basement doors a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yingluck is also in Chiang Mai but not sure if it is related or not. Apparently her caravan was stopped and checked at a check point also. She now lives in a caravan? Went in KSK before opening time yesterday through the back, no checks there. not sure if they are at the front. There were security guards at the basement doors a few days ago. there is and always was security guards at the basement.they are part and parcel of the complex,they deal with the traffic in the car parks and general security through out the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokay Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I feel bad for those guys. They haven't a clue what to look for. They opened my seat, didn't lift my jacket covering everything in the area, and didn't check the back box of my bike or my backpack. As usual, poorly trained. Someone told them to open bike seats and they are, that's all there is to it. As if someone with a bomb under their bike seat won't see the people in front of them getting a half <deleted> check and go the other way, assuming one would even put a bomb under their seat and drive it into the bike parking area. On the other hand, because they don't have a clue, you very well could go through them with a bomb under your seat. You could probably tell them it was a bomb and they would laugh it off and wave you through. A little proper training goes a long way. I do feel for them. Such poor training could someday cost them their life should they really come across what they are looking for and the culprit is eager to detonate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 ^ Yup. * Have some security doing checks at the front entrance at the basement level. Yet nobody at any of the back entrances. (Tops, parking lot entrances, etc.) * Run a mirror on wheels around a car, but not bother to as much check the boot, or inside. Vewy vewy useful, that. And then regardless of the above, they'll get bored and stop doing it in a week or two. Because bad guys couldn't possibly wait two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Went to Airport Plaza this morning at 11.15am nobody checking anything on cars or at the door. Left at 12.10pm and there was a bag check at the doors and they were searching cars and bikes. Not only do bombers not bother after 2 weeks, it seems not before 11.30am either! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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