Australian drug fugitive arrested with fake passport in Phuket bar

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Australian drug fugitive arrested with fake passport in Phuket bar

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

Police said Australian drugs fugitive Robert Gee was surprised to see the police at the bar. Photo: Phuket Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: -- Police arrested a 58-year-old Australian man in a bar on Patong’s party street Bangla Rd last night (Sept 13) after the man had spent three years quietly living in Phuket avoiding a warrant for his arrest in Australia on drug charges.

 

Phuket Tourist Police and Phuket Crime Suppression officers, working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP), moved in and arrested Robert Gordon Pollybank Gee at Bar Funk, opposite the Tiger Pub bar complex on Bangla Rd, at 11pm.

 

Gee was wanted on an arrest warrant issued in Australia on July 4, 2012, for drug-possession charges.

 

To make matters worse for the Australian drug fugitive, Gee was also found in possession of a fake passport.

 

“We found him at the bar. He was surprised to see us there,” said Maj Col Nareuwat Phutwiro, an investigator with the Phuket Tourist Police.

 

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/australian-drug-fugitive-arrested-with-fake-passport-in-phuket-bar-59093.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2016-09-15

[catman20]

another bad guy out 

[monkey4u]

His new home in an Australian prison will be far better than being locked up here 

[steelepulse]

2 minutes ago, monkey4u said:

His new home in an Australian prison will be far better than being locked up here 

Will he be immediately extradited, or will Thai justice get him for illegal entry, illegal stay, false passport etc.?

 

Love the look of the cops in the photos, glaring and scowling in one photo, in another the accusatory finger point, while in the last at the station posing for the photo op. Classic................

[Deli]

would like to know how they knew that he was at this Bar at that certain moment... ??

 

[Old Croc]

Not the first time he has featured in these pages:

 

[harrycallahan]

Pollybank Gee, doesn't sound like a 'real' Australian!

[ClutchClark]

31 minutes ago, steelepulse said:

Will he be immediately extradited, or will Thai justice get him for illegal entry, illegal stay, false passport etc.?

 

Love the look of the cops in the photos, glaring and scowling in one photo, in another the accusatory finger point, while in the last at the station posing for the photo op. Classic................

 

You have lost me.

 

Please do tell what is the expression that the officers should maintain at all times for your benefit?

 

Thanks

[steelepulse]

4 minutes ago, ClutchClark said:

 

You have lost me.

 

Please do tell what is the expression that the officers should maintain at all times for your benefit?

 

Thanks

 

Sure, I'll sum it up in one word "Professionalism".

[Old Croc]

36 minutes ago, steelepulse said:

Will he be immediately extradited, or will Thai justice get him for illegal entry, illegal stay, false passport etc.?

 

Love the look of the cops in the photos, glaring and scowling in one photo, in another the accusatory finger point, while in the last at the station posing for the photo op. Classic................

I  noted he had changed his shirt in the last photo. Cleaned up, ready to travel?

If the Feds travelled up here to effect arrest with the locals, they would probably have made arrangements to take him back with them.

[hobobo]

54 minutes ago, monkey4u said:

His new home in an Australian prison will be far better than being locked up here 

He may try the local hospitality first on fake passport charge! Lucky guy!

[csabo]

49 minutes ago, Deli said:

would like to know how they knew that he was at this Bar at that certain moment... ??

 

 

 

Errrr...ummmm....duhhhh...surveillance maybe??

[dotpoom]

The police seem surprised that he was surprised to see them there....why wouldn't he be?

[Si Thea01]

38 minutes ago, harrycallahan said:

Pollybank Gee, doesn't sound like a 'real' Australian!

 

I don't think so either, must be a fake like his passport.  Maybe another fugitive Pom.  Before you Poms jump on me I'm only joking.  

[KarenBravo]

Oh, the irony!

To have his life unravel whilst drinking in a bar called Bar Funk.

[xerostar]

The country will be so much safer now that this dangerous criminal is off the streets (NOT)

Authorities waste so much time and money chasing these guys instead of going after the real crims

[silent]

1 hour ago, Deli said:

would like to know how they knew that he was at this Bar at that certain moment... ??

 

No honor among his company, tell one person in confidence and done like dinner.

[F4UCorsair]

Pollybank Gee??  That name's good enough reason to throw him in the slammer, even before the drug offences.

[Tony kiwi]

carry a phone  he called australia on  is all it  would take to  find him

 

[stevenl]

13 minutes ago, xerostar said:

The country will be so much safer now that this dangerous criminal is off the streets (NOT)

Authorities waste so much time and money chasing these guys instead of going after the real crims

Wrong thread, you're supposed to write nonsense like this in threads about workpermit violation arrests, not drug arrests.

[leeneeds]

Spent 3 years quietly living in Phuket ?

Who checked the renewal of visa paper work ?

 

[Old Croc]

From an Australian news site:

 

He reportedly admitted fleeing Australia in 2011 and entered Thailand via boat without going through the Thai Immigration Police’s process. He said he bought the fake passport in 2013, but refused to tell authorities who he obtained it from.

[NanLaew]

25 minutes ago, silent said:

No honor among his company, tell one person in confidence and done like dinner.

I think the term, "stitched up like a kipper" is pretty good.

[NanLaew]

8 minutes ago, leeneeds said:

Spent 3 years quietly living in Phuket ?

Who checked the renewal of visa paper work ?

 

Is that a serious question?

[Old Croc]

1 hour ago, Deli said:

would like to know how they knew that he was at this Bar at that certain moment... ??

 

He probably wrote that bar down as one of his hangouts on his personal information form.

[Psimbo]

8 hours ago, harrycallahan said:

Pollybank Gee, doesn't sound like a 'real' Australian!

Yep, definitely not an Aboriginal name is it?

[xineohp]

The cooperation between AFP and RTP is greater than most suppose. Frequently it comes as a surprise to some to find this out.

[Old Croc]

3 minutes ago, xineohp said:

The cooperation between AFP and RTP is greater than most suppose. Frequently it comes as a surprise to some to find this out.

AFP has had a presence in Thailand for 20 or 30 years.

[LivinginKata]

2 hours ago, steelepulse said:

Will he be immediately extradited, or will Thai justice get him for illegal entry, illegal stay, false passport etc.?

 

Love the look of the cops in the photos, glaring and scowling in one photo, in another the accusatory finger point, while in the last at the station posing for the photo op. Classic................

 

Usually he has to serve 50% of his sentence in Thailand. But with other considerations it will be much less,

[Kabula]

Illegal drugs destroy billions of lives worldwide.

 

Unfortunately, today that is the only income many can generate in inner cities and who live in poverty.

 

In the future, many countries may experience what Columbia experienced for many years.

 

If something is not done soon, we may lose our younger generation worldwide!