Exclusive of Special Investigation (DSI) seized 29 of 35 luxurious vehicles reportedly stolen from the UK and smuggled to Bangkok, Thailand, reports ThaiRath.
The seizures comply with a request from England’s National Crime Agency for the DSI’s assist in finding 35 luxurious cars collectively price more than £2.four million (more than a hundred million Thai baht), believed to be illegally imported to Thailand during 2018-19.
Police in England dubbed the investigation “Operation Titanium.”
The Deputy Director of the DSI, Payao Thongsen, stated luxury vehicles had been delivered by air from London Heathrow International Airport to Singapore utilizing pretend documentation. The vehicles had been then transferred to Thailand by ship.
Among the smuggled vehicles are a Lamborghini Huracan EVO Spyder, Ferrari, BMW M4, Mercedes-Benz AMG, Nissan GT-R, Porsche Cayenne, Land Rover Range Rover Sport, MINI Cooper, Ford Mustang, Lexus, Audi Q7, Volkswagen, and Honda Civic Type R.
Most recently, DSI officers collected proof main them to a showroom in Bangkok, which they searched on February 15 underneath a warrant issued by the Criminal Court. The DSI seized a stolen Porsche Cayenne within the raid.
On February 20, the DSI seized a MINI Cooper from a condominium within the capital.
Both of the vehicle’s make, mannequin, automobile and engine numbers corresponded to the information of the vehicles stolen in England supplied by the National Crime Agency.
The DSI said the owners of these two cars had been unaware they had purchased stolen vehicles and are being handled as witnesses. They had been understanding and cooperative, said police.
Of the 35 stolen vehicles, the DSI has positioned and seized 29 in whole. Back in March 2018, the DSI seized seven of the automobiles from an STT Auto Car showroom the Bangkok’s Huay Kwang district.
In September that year, seven extra had been intercepted shortly after being shipped from England.
The remaining six stolen luxurious vehicles are nonetheless under investigation. The DSI mentioned they’ll expedite the investigation to locate the missing vehicles and to prosecute all these liable for the operation, together with these complicit in it..