Police bust car-theft racket

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Police bust car-theft racket
KHANATHIT SRIHIRANDEJ

THE SUNDAY NATION

BANGKOK: -- Suspects targeted rental car services, and planned to sell stolen veicles in neighbouring countries, police reveal

POLICE YESTERDAY announced success in cracking down on a car-theft gang that preyed on rental car services in Bangkok, and also seized 50 cars for inspection from a parking lot in the Beung Kum area.

At a press conference yesterday, national police deputy chief Pol General Ruangsak Charit-ek presented the suspected gang members - Purita Maneemas, 25; Piyawat Ketnak, 35; Suriyawut Namphuttha, 28, and Chinese national Guangzheng Saechao, 20. The four were arrested at a car dealer tent in Huay Kwang last Tuesday along with three stolen cars - a Toyota Vios, a Honda Jazz, a Honda CRV - as well as five GPS devices, Purita's iPhone, Bt689,900 in cash, and 2 tool boxes.

Ruangsak said the arrests stemmed from a police complaint by car rental businesswoman Siwaporn Tangrungreungyoo that Napapat Panpermcharoenkit, 35, her husband Thanatip Panpermcharoenkit, 42, and another man named Laksak Kaewkannet, 37, had rented but failed to return the three cars.

Tracing the cars' GPS devices to the tent, she alerted police. When police arrived at the site on Tuesday, Piyawat, Suriyawut and the Chinese man were removing GPS devices while Purita was sitting in one car and her Line message showed she had told someone the "GPS device was removed".

Police are checking if 16 vehicles in the tents there were also stolen.

Police investigators found their alleged modus operandi: The first group (Napapat, Thanatip, Laksak) allegedly rented cars for the second group (Purita and her boyfriend Kittipak Samitiwiwan, 27) to drive them to the tent, and the third group (Piyawat, Suriyawut and the Chinese man) removed the GPS devices.

After the arrest, Napapat went to police to claim innocence so police released her, he said.

Police would soon have arrest warrants issued for three men who fled for conspiring to steal cars and for taking stolen goods in their possession.

Piyawat told police that Kittipat, a regular customer at his garage, three months ago had him remove GPS devices from three cars.

This month, Kittipat brought another 13 cars for removal of GPS, he revealed, adding he was paid only Bt1,500 per car.

Piyawat said he thought this was legal, as he was told that Kittipat was a car dealer who merely wanted to remove the GPS of second-hand cars to avoid arguments with previous owners.

Police spokesman Lt-General Prawut Thavornsiri revealed that the accused would put false licence plates on the stolen cars and send them for sale in neighbouring countries at cheap prices. Cars with rare parts would be dissembled for sale of auto parts, he said, urging rental service operators to check customers' background or require a person to guarantee on top of a financial deposit on top of daily and weekly rental.

Later yesterday, Ruangsak also led police to seize some 50 cars at a parking lot in Beung Kum's Soi Nuan Chan 10 for inspection, as the previous car theft bust suggested this was the place where they delivered the stolen cars to fellow gang members.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Police-bust-car-theft-racket-30256028.html

-- The Nation 2015-03-15

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Bangkok: – Huai Kwang police have arrested four of the eight-member gang involve in a scam to fraudulently rent vehicles before selling as spare parts or sending to neighbouring countries.

Three car theft suspects remain at large and one is released after reporting to police.

Police have seized 16 cars, five GPS vehicle tracking devices and 689,900 baht as evidence.

The case came to light after car rental operator Siwaporn Tangrungruangyu, 39, filed a complaint.

Siwaporn said her three rental cars had not been returned and that the GPS tracking system located the cars in Huai Kwang district.

Police used the GPS information to track down the rental vehicles at the used car tent on Thien Ruammit Road.

The police search of the tent uncovered three rental vehicles comprising Toyota Vios, Honda Jazz and Honda CRV.

Police name three tent operators and one vehicle driver as suspects. The three are Piyawat Ketnak, 35, Suriyawut Namputsa, 28 and a Chinese national Kwangjerng Sae Jao, 20.

The fourth suspect, Napapat Phanphermcharoenkit, 35, surrendered.

Police said the gang operated in three steps.

First, Napapat, her husband Thanathip Phanphermcharoenkit, 42 and another suspect Laksanasak Kaewkannet, 37 would rent the vehicles under false pretense.

Second, the rent vehicles would be driven by Kittiphat “Tee” Samitiwiwan, 27 and Purita Maneenat, 25.

Third, the GPS tracking devices of the stolen vehicles would be removed by Piyawat, Suriyawut and Kwangjerng.

During the search, Purita was in the driver’s seat awaiting the GPS removal.

Police are tracking down Thanathip, Kittiphat and Laksanasak.

Police have called for car rental operators to improve on identity checks before leasing the vehicles.

Source: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808815-car-theft-gang-nabbed/

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[mogo51]

Napapat ; " Please Mr. Policeman, I am innocent, ok, then off you go"

Good Police work there.

[CapeThai]

Napapat ; " Please Mr. Policeman, I am innocent, ok, then off you go"

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[jacko45k]

Napapat ; " Please Mr. Policeman, I am innocent, ok, then off you go"

Good Police work there.

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[ezzra]

Napapat ; " Please Mr. Policeman, I am innocent, ok, then off you go"

Good Police work there.

Yeah like many TV members here are just as innocent of bashing Thais at every opportunity they get...

Off topic. But I will bite.

There are some TV members who like to bash other TV members too!

To be fair, there's bashings going around in every forum around the world, self and other's bashing,

and without bashing, these forums will be very dull, so far as it's done eloquently and stop at that...