13 arrested in fake licence plate raids

By Angsuma Sridokkham 
The Nation

 

 

Police have conducted a fourth operation to crack down on people producing fake licence plates, raiding 21 locations nationwide, mostly in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

 

Thirteen suspects were arrested, two of whom face charges of racketeering, theft and possessing of stolen assets, while the rest were accused of violations under the Firearms Act, the Gambling Act and the Pawnshops Act, Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpan told a press conference in Bangkok on Thursday. 

 

Police also seized evidence including 165 cars, 125 motorcycles, five guns and 11 ammunition cartridges, as well as 19 football gambling tickets, Bt2 million in cash and 20 bank account books. 

 

Officers were checking to see if the vehicles were stolen and equipped with fake licence plates or if they had been pawned by owners to pay their debts.

 

The combined security operation followed three previous crackdown raids on June 15, June 22 and July 6, with the last action securing evidence that had implicated more suspects resulting in the fourth raid, Surachet said.

 

All of the operations stemmed from investigations into car and motorcycle thefts, in which the vehicles were fitted with fake licence plates and sent for sale outside the country. 

 

The suspects also allegedly ran gun trafficking and illegal money lending services.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30321990

 

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And there was me thinking it was about the maybe  fake red license plates around the place. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited July 27, 20178 yr by stanleycoin