A Nigerian man, previously arrested for drug-related offences and deported from Thailand, was arrested yesterday by officers from the Phuket Provincial Immigration Office and Chalong Police Station for his drug dealing and romance scam activities in Phuket.
According to the police report, the forty yr outdated Nigerian, Harrison Shinonzo Onyema, was deported in 2018 for overstaying his visa and selling cocaine. However, he re-entered the nation illegally by crossing the border from Cambodia and hiding in a house within the Rawai sub-district of Phuket.
Last chance dedicated the identical crime once more by promoting cocaine to individuals within the province and operating a romance rip-off. He created a fake profile on Facebook, pretending to be a wonderful and rich lady, and deceived Thai men by promising to share his riches if they married him. Once the victims had been satisfied, he would inform them that he had sent them gifts or cash, however they wanted to pay taxes. Those who paid the taxes discovered too late that the money went into Onyema’s pocket and never received any parcels.
Furthermore, Onyema additionally lured Thai girls to work for him. He used their identities to lease a home, or automotive, register Thai cell SIM playing cards, and open bank accounts. However, he did not use any of the providers and merely hid in the house.
The Thai police received a tip-off and raided his house yesterday. They knocked on the door, however Onyema did not reply. When he lastly opened the door for the officers, he could not current his entry document and visa. The officers searched the house, however they discovered no unlawful substances. According to the report, Onyema had flushed the toilet a number of occasions earlier than opening the door to the police. The officers believed that he had destroyed all the drugs by throwing them into the bathroom.
As a outcome, the officers could not seize any proof, and expenses towards Onyema were not yet issued. The officers would conduct extra investigations into his criminal actions and gather evidence earlier than proceeding with costs.
Two weeks in the past, Thai and German drug sellers have been arrested for smuggling medication into Koh Phra Ngan, an island in the southern province of Surat Thani. They have been arrested once they went to select up the parcel from Germany which was a scented candle full of 1,370 ecstasy tablets.
A week before that incident, the officers from the Airport Interdiction Task Force (AITF) arrested a Kenyan girl at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok after discovering 2,353 grammes of cocaine was hidden in her luggage..